Swatow, Feb. 1.
I regret to have to report " mis-—~hadventure that might have been more serious to Mr. Firth, the Toco! manager of the B.A.T. Yesterday evening, while out on a, shooting expedition with two friends, he Inid dis gun down on a bank, and turned to warn his coolie to take cover 'a8 " gaggle of geese were approach-Sng. The gun slipped off the bank, "and at the precise moment when the muzzle was pointing to: his toe, 8 twig, caught in the tigger, Result—A clean hole bored! through his toe.
"This is oxtracrdinayily bad luck, as it was a million to one chance that the twig should catch in_ the "trigger just when it did, but that! ds how things happen. ft may be possible to save the member from amputation, and every effort will 'Re made to' do so. Tu the meantime Bie. Firth is as well as could be expected.
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