Each day he would travel on horseback to treat the sick. "Once I ran into a tiger; there are many in Hunan," he said. Luckily, he soon found a gun to scare the big cat away; otherwise, he would have "reported back" to the Almighty much sooner.
每天，他騎著馬去為人看病，「有次還碰到老虎呢」，羅神父說，湖南老虎很多，幸好他在緊急中發了一槍，把老虎給嚇跑，否則就要提早向上帝「述職」了。