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silence followed, ahd then he began again
more vigorously lhAn ever. Soon after, ds
rArd saw the 6res blaIing In The distance. and
heard the Ineu, women. and dogs yelling As il
possessed with devils for one instant . roar
covered all this Gumult like thunder-elsp
then the lion seemed 10 continue his rosie
quite TRANQUILITY. not 10 the least disturbed BY
all this noise, which seemed like triumphant
music accompanying the powerful monarch on
his march. He probably knew the terror his
presence inspired, at any rate be knew no ter.
ror atthe presence Of Arabs.
Gerard describes ct great length the death
Of bis frstiiOn but although be learned sev.
sral useful details by which be Afterwards pro.
6ted, the campaign was one which cannot be
abridged here with interest. His second lion
was nearly the victor, He had tied up the
dogs in the tents in order to preserve silence.
sasdi-bou-Nar, his eOmPsniOn, slept behind
him on the ground. while he, rife in hG /.
awaited the appearances Of his enemy. Sud.
denly the sky. which had be en- brilliant, was
I overloaded the moon disappeared the
thunder began to mutter in the distance, like a
distant lion; large drops Of rain falling on the
Arab, awsked him, sni made him urge Gerard
to retire within the tents. At this moment the
Arabs shouted, BE on your guard the lion
will come when the storm is at lie height
Protecting his rifle with the burnOus. Gerard
waited, smiling to observe the heroic resigna-
ton with which Saadi -bou-Nar draped himself
in his bumous. The rain, like all storm rains .,
rapidly subsiied. The sky was once more
lighted by the brilliant moonbeam occasionally
piercing through interspaces Of clouds at the
horizon few flashes of lightning we're seen.
Gerard, grateful for this ftful light, peered
auxiously into space, and in one of the sudden
flashes. there stood the lion, motiOnless. only
a few PAGES from the enclosure Of the douar
Accustomed:tO find 6Ies lighted, dogs howjug
in terror, women frantic, and men throwing
lighted brands at his head, the lion was per.
haps meditating on the meaning of this silence
and calm. Turning carefully. so as to take
deliberate aim Withoutthe lions sperceiving him
Gerard felt bis hear. beat asta les! cloud pass
ed over the moop.
He was seated with the left elbow on hi,
knee, the rifle atbs shoulder looking alternate
ly at the lion, which presented only confused
mass to his eye, and the cloud which Travelled
slowly over the moon. Al last his heart leaped
the moon shone in all her splendor Never
was sunlight more priced. There stood the lion
motionless as before magnificent creature
superbly majestic, with his head, aloft, biz
name tossed by the wind, and falling to the
, knee. His side was turned toward his enemy
Aiming just underneath the shoulder. Gerard
fred, and, at the same time that the explosion
was re-echoed BY the mountains, rose the ros
of rage and pain, and through the smoke tn
D lion boundedon his assailant. 1t was al aw iu
d moment. The lion was within three PAGES
/, there was no time to aim the second barr,
= was fred at hazzard, and struck him in Il
d breast; he rolled expiring at the hunters fee
o AT first,' says Gerard, 1 could not belieV
II that the animal had just seen bounding upO
.f me in fury. and rending the air with his erie.
e was that monstrous inert mass lying at m
G feet. ..f-
g On looking for my balls, found the 6rst
j. which had not been mortal, placed exactly
. where l had aimed it and the second, freC
: almost at random, had been the one which
. proved fatal. From this moment | leared that
5 is not sufficient to aim accurately to kill lion
and begsn to see that lion hunting was far NOR
, serious than bad smagined. a
, The terror inspired by the lion Is vivid
I ly depicted in the narrative Of events succeed
d ing this encounter. Although the Arabs hear
t the firing they would not approach, lest the Ii
{ on should be living for more than half a
: hour they remained in th cir tents, after whic
8 three Of the brsvest came out Of their enelC
sure, bringing the jug Of water Gerard had de
, manded the leader came cautiously, looking
|. around him every moment, bis gun ready
8 FIRE the second bearing the water, came sfteI
n holding by the burnOus Of the leader. an
p pausing when he paused finally, the lhir
It held ia one hand the burnOus Of the second
'f and brsndishei satagau with formidable Wig
n or. In this order they came up to the lien; o
d seeing him they halted. and would not az
l. p.oach till SaAdi.bou-Nar struck his corps
'r with his hand to re-assure them. And thes
r are men who in battle would fght like lions
le Five minutes afterwards, men, women an
rs children rushed out to see their vauquishe
t. foe. whom they apoStrophiEed in eloquent il
suits. Az the morning broke, hundreds
ID Arabs came from all sides, but even in pre-
Ia Naasn vNl