MASSACRE OP DOGS. 
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as three cats would have disposed of the same 
number of mice. For several minutes nothing was 
to be heard but the crashing of the reeds, the 
growling of the lions, and the barking and shriek¬ 
ing of the mangled pack; it was truly a most painful 
moment to my feelings. Carey, who had come up 
to assist me, remarked to me that c there was an 
awful massacre going on among the dogs and he 
was right. Night now setting in put an end to 
this horrid work, and, with feelings of remorse and 
deep regret at my folly in not having at once called 
off my poor dogs, I wended my way to camp. On 
numbering the slain, three of my best hounds were 
found to have forfeited their lives in the unequal 
contest, and seven or eight more were very badly 
wounded, exposing the most fearful gashes, from 
which several of them never recovered.” 
