“ I fell involuntarily to the ground with fear, and, as it afterwards appeared, he sprang over me: after lying in this horrible situation a few seconds, I heard a violent but unusual noise; after listening for some time, I ventured to raise my head and look round, when, to my unspeakable joy, I perceived the lion had by the eagerness with which he sprung at me, jumped forward as I fell, into the crocodile's mouth, which was wide open, the head of the one stuck in the throat of the other, and they were struggling to extricate themselves ”

“ Astonishing effects of a storm.—Arrives at Ceylon; conquers two extraordinary opponents.—Returns to Holland.
Some years before my beard announced approaching manhood, I expressed a strong desire of seeing the world, from which I was discouraged by my parents. A cousin, by my mother's side, took a liking to me, and was much inclined to gratify my curiosity. His eloquence had more effect than mine, for my father consented to my accompanying him in a voyage to the island of Ceylon, where his uncle had resided as governor many years. ”