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PLAYFULNESS OF COUGARS 
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both fought him, and he tore my no9e 
and cheek with his paw and forced me 
to the ground on my face. He then 
tore my back, bit me in the shoulder, and 
tore my scalp. While he remained on 
me Doreen attacked him with her riding 
bridle and her fists, and put her arm in 
his mouth to prevent him biting me, and 
be bit her through the arm. The pan¬ 
ther slunk away finally, and we both 
ran home covered with blood. 
Dr. Stoker dressed my wounds, and 
later the same day I was conveyed to 
Duncan Hospital, and have been there 
under the care of Dr. Dykes and the 
nurses until October 14. I am now 
(October 26) nearly recovered. I had 
forty-six stitches in my scalp. I am 
certain that had not Doreen driven him 
off me the panther would have killed me. 
This statement is confirmed by the girl 
herself, whose deposition is to the same 
effect, and is vouched for by her father, 
who was at the house when the children 
returned home. 
Dr. Dykes, a physician practising at Dun¬ 
can, B. C., who was summoned by tele¬ 
phone, certifies that he attended the chil¬ 
dren, found the boy’s injuries “consisted 
of a badly torn scalp necessitating forty- 
six stitches, and a number of cuts, scratches, 
and bites on his back and limbs,’ while the 
little girl’s injuries were not so severe, 
“consisting chiefly of some scratches from 
the animal’s claws, and a bite through her 
right arm above the elbow.” The children 
had been previously attended by the nearest 
medical man, Dr. Stoker, a retired army 
surgeon, who had been immediately sum¬ 
moned pending the arrival of Dr. Dykes 
from Duncan, and had found it necessary 
to put a dozen temporary stitches in the 
boy’s scalp. 
Next we have the evidence of a neigh¬ 
bour, Mr. Charles March, who, on being 
summoned to the spot, went in pursuit of 
the panther (as he calls it) and shot it, 
after it had badly injured one of his dogs. 
He considered the animal was three or four 
years old. It measured a little over .7 
feet from nose to tip of tail, and was esti¬ 
mated to weigh about 75 pounds. He 
found that it had a cataract on the left 
eye, but could see fairly well with the 
other, though it had been injured by the 
children’s attack upon it. The stomach was 
empty, from which it might be concluded 
that the beast was hungry. The skin was 
forwarded to Victoria to be preserved and 
mounted for the Red Cross Hospital. (It 
may be here stated parenthetically that ac¬ 
cording to one sensational account that has 
reached us, the little girl succeeded in goug¬ 
ing out one of the eyes, and another em¬ 
broidered statement to the effect that she 
muzzled the puma with her pony’s bridle.) 
Mr. Arthur L. Taylor, of Victoria, who 
happened to be on a visit at the house of 
Mr. Ashburnham, testifies that he saw the 
children go out and return “covered with 
blood,” heard their story at first hand, and 
believed their statements to be accurate in 
every detail, adding in his deposition “I 
consider that the action of each child 
saved the life of the other in turn, and that, 
one is entitled to as much credit as the 
other, particularly as either could have 
escaped by sacrificing the other. I saw 
the dead panther brought in afterwards by 
Mr. March.” 
Finally we have the deposition of Chief 
Justice Hunter, who is personally acquainted 
with all the members of the Ashburnham 
family, who visited them the day after the 
occurrence, and heard all the statements 
above detailed. His deposition, drawn up 
