It has often been predicted that, someone would get hurt in a French duel, unless proper precautions were enforced, and the prediction has been accomplished in a striking manner at Marseilles. The adversaries were a journalist and a departmental councillor. The Istter parried a fierce thrust and made a wild onslaught in turn, with the result thnt his sword penetrated three inches into the leg of his own second. As this gentleman fortunately happened to be an army surgeon he wax able to attend to his own injuries without loss of time. The duel was stopped, doubt owing to the second bei manifest state of inferiority." In another duel, one of the combatants, in charging his adversary, fell over a stone and hurt himself so much that honour" was declared satisfied " and the injured duellist was taken home in a cab without further bloodshed. Frenchmen who are not accustomed to this kind of thing ought not to be allowed to go poking about with sharp-pointed rapiers and things. Pistols are much safer and save a great deal of time. The adversaries have merely to stand up and aim ut each other, and the affair will be brought to an honourable termination by the customary phrase, Deva: balles out &hangées sans vésultat, 1dth July.
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