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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 140, 3 January 1874, Page 3

Ine power of the human eye over the brute creation is tremendous. If begat by a savage -dog, sunply catch hia eye, and the brute will shrink and cower beneath your steady g« 2! ,.” Briggs cams uermis this valuable piece of information as’ ho was perusing a newspaper. • Wonderful/ eaid he. W•- w.-rtni,- and vet bo simple. In tho in to rest* m •mm I will try it upon Jowlor’a bull dog.* ftow » meaner animal than Jo whir's bull dog never worried -at. His » mrao is William. Hia logs are marvt Is of crookedness, especially the .and ones, ii ns eyes are yellow, and ho looks out of fcn© corners .f his eyes most sinisterly. His body i.v oi-.* - i with scars; not, tho honourable records of a hundred bahts, but the impressions of lamoontly•;.rated pokers, applied for the purpose of relaxing nis grip. ilo has a. quiet way about bun that ,0 most beguiling. Ho will saunter benma a fellow's legs looking as demure as possible, select the moat 11. shy part, and, without saving a word, make a huge bite, und hang there,''steadlastly resisting every blandishment iu the way of jOils, lucks, c uLm, &c., to induce hin lo desist. Jowlor lets him run loose in his back yard. With «, nmuj conscious of rectitude, our hero climb d over tho fence us calmly as Daniel enters the ion's dun in tiarnusi’s menagerie. William waa at, the other end of the lot, hia equanimity roused to a pitch of excitement bordering on distraction by some playful boys, who were poking him with sharp sticks through the pickets; but on seeing tho intruder ho made remarkable time towards him '1 ho undaunted Briggs stooped dowu with his lianas on hia knees, and hurled at the approaching animal a most searching look, enough to pierce bis very soul. Mow what follows may bo deemed incredible by scientific men, but tho truth must bo told. Ino beast never stopoed oi swerved, but, with erect tail and exceedingly open countenance, -inado a straight shoot for Briggs's nose, and grabbing that organ between hia tcc-tii, hung to it like grim death to a dead darkio. ‘How is this ?’ thought tho poor man. ‘ Dan it bo that the newspaper waa wrun<* 9 Incredible hypothesis ! 1 wid try again.’ 0 ’ Their faces being in moat intimate propinquity the opportunity was a good one, and Briggs ono« more fcurew hia whole soul into a lock, lie was triumphant! Xho cause of science was never mom nobly vindicated. William was petrified entranced, mesmerised. The will-force contained i-i to at withering glance rendered the dm* no completely spell-bound that he forgot to h-t go Bngga’a nose! This proof of the infallibility of newspapers was pleasing to him, yet his situation was becoming a little jrksonio ; so, as a last resource, ho thrust his forefinger i.to Willhirivs eyo. This broke tho spoil, ami Briggs, taking an vantage of the animal opening his mouth to how!, extricated bis none therefrom and strucJc out for the fence ; but before he could reach it the log had fas 1 cnod on to ano her part with relentless pertinacity. The martyr to science east a glance over his shoulder that again petrified William into unconsciousness, and thin,:* remained ia statu quo until Jowler, alarmed by Briggs’s cries, came out and called off big dog. ' .low Jar kindlv plastered up tho wounded man’s nose, &0., and lent him a pair of trousers to go home in. Briggs thinks that although tho experiment is a groat Micrcis, it is L'a»r jog knowhvgo under dilHeultiea, The symmetry ot his face is gone for ever j also tho cartilage of his nose. He may bo able to sit down ia a few week*, the doctor saya.’*