In densely populated Szechuen' it seems hardly credible that there should be room for wild beasts to roam near the larger cities. A recent Visit to. the hospital revealed two young boys from a village only a few Ti from here that had been badly mauled by two large leopards. Both boys will recover but wounds to faces, shoulders and arms give ey! dence of a suificlently dangerous struggle.
The boys were alone in a farm house one evening when they were attracted by the terror displayed by two shoats that were also in the house, An Investigation revealed two large leopards just outside the door. Armed with poles the boys Allempted to drive awry the marauders. The attempt was not wholly: successful, The beasts turned on the boys and gave them a bad time for a whi It was only after the boys had been badly cut up that they succeeded in driving off the unwelcome visitors. The leopards were declared to be of unusual size and even a week after their experience the boys appeared quite nervous when relating their story.
An attempt was made to approxunate the Canadian record set by the Dionne parents by a Chinese couple in a village just south of Kiating. A few weeks ago a mother gave birth to quadruplets. At the time of birth all were reported alive and well, This sudden family me ferease must have given grave concern to the father in these diMeult days' when food prices are soaring to unheard of levels.
Unlike the Dionne case, however. there were none to come to the ait of these humble parents with trained doctors, latest scientific equipment, fand funds necessary to provide Adequate care for these tiny repre~ sentatives of humanity. Born amid unfavourable surroundings and with-ut even competent medical attention there could be but one result, It is reported that all four children are dead and that the mother is in a ritieal condition, In a country where modern sanitation is still unknown, where the birth rate is high. and competent medical skill unable to supervise so large a constituency. the infant mortality must Of necessity be abnormally high.
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