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pose to ask for an ample sum in order that this 
State can be restored to its former plenty. V. e 
do not claim for the law or for the warden 
system perfection, because anything that is 
human is imperfect, and no legislation has ever 
been perfect at the first trial, the second trial, or 
even the third and fourth trial, but good legisla¬ 
tion is always the result of mature deliberation, 
thoughtful consideration, as trial in the balances 
of human experiences.” F - G> G ‘ 
Mauled by a Lion. 
Hunting in California. 
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 10.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The deer season has been open 
in some of the counties around the bay for the 
past two weeks, but few deer have been killed 
so far. Marin county is the field where most 
of the hunters have been going, but the hunters 
far outnumber the number of deer killed. In 
the counties further north, deer are reported to 
be found iii the usual numbers,, but the open 
season has not commenced as yet in many of 
the counties of the State. Only the sportsmen, 
who can afford to take a week or so away can 
visit these hunting grounds, while a week-end 
trip is sufficient to visit the hunting grounds m 
the counties across the bay. It is claimed by 
some of the sportsmen that bucksj- are just as 
plentiful near San Francisco as in former years, 
but that the heavy underbrush makes hunting 
difficult and that without the aid of ^dogs it is 
almost impossible to get the deer from, the shel¬ 
tered places into the open. The he%vy rains of 
last winter caused an unusually heavy growth 
of foliage. 
Some of the hunters in San Mateo county 
had a week’s shooting before the season was 
supposed to have - commenced. The supervisors 
for some unknown reason were slow in making 
the proposed change in the opening day and 
failed to pass the measure until it .waVtoo late 
to have the date changed from July 15 to Aug. 
I Hunters had a week’s sport ibfcfore the law 
went into effect, but few of them knew’ of the 
chance that was afforded them and but few deer 
were secured. . 
Dove shooting is reported as being good m 
some sections of the San Joaquin and Sacra¬ 
mento valleys. Good sport is being had in the 
vicinity of Byron and Brentwood and in the 
Salinas valley, but in Santa Clara and Santa 
Cruz counties thev are not so plentiful as usual. 
A. P. B. 
Pasadena, Cal., Aug. 3.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The open season for dove and deer 
began July 15. So far but few deer have been 
brought in and only one hunter shot. His-com¬ 
panion fired several times at a deer and missed 
each shot, but killed the man with the first shot. 
Doves are plentiful and the limit, twenty-five, 
is often made quite near the city limits. Thou¬ 
sands of valley quail are seen by the dove hun¬ 
ters. Coyotes and bobcats are quite common. 
Since we came here we have covered the ad¬ 
jacent country thoroughly and have yet to see 
a rattlesnake dead or alive. The mesas and foot¬ 
hills seem to be very free from them. 
Stanstead. 
All the game laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, ate 
given in the Game Lazos in Brief. See adv. 
The story of the latest addition to the long 
list of hunters injured by lions comes from 
British East Africa, where Theodore Roosevelt 
is now hunting, and where Mr. Lethbridge has 
hunted. The Mr. McMillan is the person men¬ 
tioned in Mr. Lethbridge’s account of his travels 
“In Menelik’s Kingdom,” begun this week. 
The story of the injury to Harry Williams, 
the African explorer, is told by the victim as 
follows: 
“Mr. Selous and I had joined Mr. McMillan, 
but on June 8 I was out alone, having only my 
two gun bearers with me, when I saw a lion on 
the right, about 300 yards away. He was prowl¬ 
ing along, and apparently did not notice me, but 
I could see by the swish of his tail that he was 
an angry beast. I put up my hand as a signal 
to my head gun bearer to come up with a spare 
rifle, and together we worked closer and closei 
to the lion. The beast seemed to have no in¬ 
tention of stopping, so I struck one hand on 
the back of the other. The lion stopped and 
faced me, probably revolving the question of 
attack, while I, for my part, cogitated as to 
whether I should shoot or endeavor to get a 
bit closer. The lion seemed to decide upon re¬ 
treat, for he turned suddenly and trotted away. 
I fired both barrels of my .450 at him, one shot 
reaching him in the flank. It wag only a slight 
flesh wound, but it paralyzed him for the 
moment, and he sat down on his haunches like 
a dog. After a few minutes he got up and went 
into a bit of open bush. 
“Not knowing what state the brute might be 
in, I made for a big open patch on my left 
front, hoping to get a better sight of him. The 
lion, however, had been watching me from his 
retreat and at 200 yards distance he sprang out 
of the bush and came straight for me at a 
terrifying pace. I waited until he was within 
sixty yards, and then let him have both barrels. 
One shot missed him, but the other lodged in 
the fleshy part of his shoulder. The only effect 
was to infuriate him more than ever, and I now 
thought myself a dead man, for there was no 
time to reload, and the gun bearer was not ac¬ 
tually in reach with the other rifle. I turned 
and made for a bush at my right rear, hoping 
the beast would rush past me and give me time 
to reload, but it was hopeless, and, turning 
sharply round, I stood my ground. 
“It was a terrifying sight—the brute’s jaws 
already open to seize me by my left shoulder 
and breast—but with the courage born of des¬ 
pair, I raised my rifle in both hands and stiuck 
him across the side of the head. Almost simul¬ 
taneously he ducked and seized me by the right 
leg, shaking me from side to side as though I 
had been a rat. There is no need to^ describe 
what I felt at this moment. Suffice it to say 
that my gun bearer—the pluckiest creature, black 
or white, that I have ever read of—came up 
while the -lion was actually mauling me, shoved 
the rifle he carried down to me, and asked me 
how to turn the safety catch. I had sufficient 
presence of mind to be able to explain in a 
second, and the gun bearer fired. The lion left 
me and rushed into a bush five yards away, giv¬ 
ing me time to put two cartridges in my rifle 
while still on the ground. 
“Raising myself to fire I saw that the lion was 
in the act of springing. I fired off both barrels 
from my hip at his head, the ‘boy’ firing at the 
same time, and the brute rolled over, dead. I 
fell back again, and for a few moments half 
swooned, for I had lost a lot of blood, but as 
soon as the second gun bearer had come up (no 
gun with him), I sent him off to find camp and 
bring back some men to carry me in. With 
some dressing which I had in my cartridge bag 
I tried to stanch the bleeding, but could do very 
little in this way. The muscles were torn open; 
an artery had burst, and the wounds were every¬ 
where so deep. For an hour I lay there, and 
then half the camp turned up, and I was carried 
in on a bed. I shall never forget the agony 
of that journey. On reaching camp Mr. Selous 
and Mr. McMillan dressed the wounds as well 
as they could, but that night my temperature 
was over 105. 
“On the afternoon of the next day the 9th— 
I left camp with a man-^Judd—in charge of me, 
and after three days’ travel by hand porterage, 
I got to Lindrane, on the railway, and arrived 
at^Nairobi on the 14th. My leg seemed to be 
bursting all the time, and the blood was drain¬ 
ing away. I would have given anything for 
some morphia. On being brought into the hos¬ 
pital, however, I experienced all the ease and 
comfort which a first class, doctor and skillful 
nursing were able to afford.’ 
A Casual Survivor. 
Plainfield, Mass., Aug. 14 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Will it be your good pleasure to 
print the inclosed notes in justice to a 49-year 
member of the New York Association for the 
Protection of Game and then return the notifica¬ 
tions of election to me in good order. Time 
has somewhat defaced them. 
Chas. Hallock. 
The letters sent us by Mr. Hallock read as 
follow, s.^ ^ y. sportsman’s Club, 
74 Broadway, Jan. 9, i860. 
Chas. Hallock, Esq.: Sir—I have the honor 
to inform you that you were unanimously elected 
a member of the New York Sportsman s Clu 
Yours respectfully, 
Chas. E. Whitehead, Sec’y. . 
51 West Tenth Street, 
April 14, 1874- 
Chas. Hallock, Esq.: I have the honor to in¬ 
form you that at a meeting held on the even¬ 
ing of April 14 you were elected a member 0 
the New York Association for the Protection 
of Game. 
Respectfully, 
W. J- Hays, Sec’y. , 
It was certainly a grave error that the name 
of Mr. Hallock should have been omitted wher 
the oldest surviving members of the New Yor 
Association for the Protection of Game wen’ 
mentioned. The intention was to speak only 0. 
those who had joined the association prior te 
1860, but there was no reason for choosing thi 
date rather than one a little later. It is grati y 
ing to think that of the three men eminent 11 
game protection in that society who bore th 
name Charles, Charles Banks and Charles Hal 
lock still survive, though Charles Whitehea, 
whose charm of manner many of our readerl 
well knew, has gone from among us. 
