JUNE, 1917 
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apparently by the same hand, concludes as 
follows : “I consider that the bravery, cool¬ 
ness, and resource of each child in turn 
saved the life of the other, and under 
exceptional circumstances when either could 
have escaped by sacrificing the other. I 
would be glad to see their actions receive 
proper recognition.” Signed, Gordon Hun¬ 
ter, Chief Justice of British Columbia. 
It remains to be considered what inter¬ 
pretation is to be given to this remarkable 
story, vouched for as it is by declarations 
made before a notary public. It is extra¬ 
ordinary for many reasons. In the first 
place, the children were pursued by an ani¬ 
mal which is stated by various authorities 
never to attack human beings. This is the 
opinion of Sir Clive Phillips Wolley, one of 
the deponents in this case, knowing the 
family and living within twenty miles of the 
scene of the adventure. He says: 
As editor of the Badminton volumes on 
Big Game, I investigated every available 
panther story, and believe this to be the 
first authenticated instance in British Col¬ 
umbia of a panther attacking a human 
being, either unattacked or in its own de¬ 
fence. In spite of this, and my own ex¬ 
perience of over thirty years, I am com¬ 
pelled, after full personal investigation, to 
believe the children’s story to be abso¬ 
lutely accurate and uncoloured, and can 
only suggest that the attack was due to 
the fact that this particular panther being 
partially blind, was unable to obtain its 
natural prey. 
In Vol. I on Big Game Shooting, in the 
Badminton Library (p. 350), we read: 
Mr. John Fannin, the experienced cura¬ 
tor of the British Columbian Museum, had 
never come across a well-authenticated 
story of a panther showing fight, much 
less attacking a man. In nine cases out 
often the panthers which are killed are 
found near a sheep ranch, and it is notori¬ 
ous that the men who get them are not 
hunters, explorers, or men on a survey 
party where only wild game is likely to 
be found, but farmers and others who 
have stock to look after near a settle¬ 
ment. 
Again, Mr. W .H. Hudson, in one of the 
best accounts which has been written of 
this animal, has devoted several pages in 
his Naturalist in La Plata to a consideration 
of this very question, i. e., whether it does 
or does not attack human beings, whether 
provoked or otherwise. He refers to it as 
the puma, the Spanish American name by 
which it is known throughout South Amer¬ 
ica—for it has a most extensive range, be¬ 
ing found from Canada to Patagonia— 
and after mentioning various wild animals 
on which it preys in addition to cattle, 
horses, and sheep, he remarks: 
How strange that this cunning, bold, and 
bloodthirsty animal never attacks a human 
being. In places where the puma is the 
only large beast of prey, it is notorious 
that it is there perfectly safe for even 
a small child to go out on the plain. At 
the same time it will not fly from man 
except in places where it is continually 
persecuted. Nor is this all: it will not 
as a rule even defend itself against man, 
although in some rare instances it has 
been known to do so. . . . It might 
be added, I believe, that no authentic in¬ 
stance has been recorded of the puma 
making an unprovoked attack on any 
human being. 
Mr. Mclllree’s reference to the individ¬ 
ual variation in wild animals is something 
that too few observers consider. There is 
as much difference in temper and tempera¬ 
ment among wild animals as there is among 
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