Year: 1875

drink OF the running water, and turn


ing, walked maiestically away int
the mountains from whence he la,


come. This lion was a stranger il


that part of the country. and whel


on TIE following day went in searci


of him he had disappeared.


will recall another souvenir O


this same expedition which viii


provesto you the harmless nature o


an naattacked lion.


op day after a rather serious


skiriiffsil against the revoIted tribes


IledSnr two haltallinns of infsatr,


to ashttle river situated tws mile.


from the fort where we were station


ed, iis order to allow them to battle


and eiean their arms As a measure


OF prudence | allowed bnt half the


men TO disarm and enter the river at


a time, the remaining battalion being


on the qai rice ready for defense. AS


there was no need for haste, l allow


ed the men what time they liked


for bathing and cleaning, and night,


which falls so suddenly in Africa,


surprised us on our return at a few


moments march from the fort. |


was suddenly alarmed by the report


of gun, whose sound, being verv


different from any in use among the


Arabs, spoke plainly of having been


freddy one of my own men, and | at


once brought my column to halt


and galloped off in the direction from


whence the single report had come.


At short distance | met soldier
recently arrived in Africa, who had


been detained behind his comrades


by a very adequate and singular
cause, and who in Fastening up, ho-
ping to arrive before the doors were
closed for the night, excused himself
timidly for being late at having fired
at last at troublesome calf or COW,
which had barred his passage, and
seemed determined to keep him from
joining his regiment. He assured me
he had done all he could to get rid of
him, pushing him with the butt-end
of his gun, ETC., but to no purpose,
and at last had been obliged to fire at
him, so close that he had rolled in
stantly dead at his feet. Suspecting
the truth, | reassured the man, and
as night was completely upon rejoined
my troops and entered the fort. On
the following morning dispatched
the culprit with a dozen men to bring
backthe murdered animal, and let me
decide whether calf was to be paid
for or a reward to be given te-the
.slayef<of a lion, and as had right
ly imagined, the latter proved to be
the cause, and our unconscious hero
received from the Government sixty
francs reward for the finest lion kill
ed that year.


During the summer of 1856 the
General commanding the Province of
Constantine was obliged to replace
the Chief of 4 troublesome Arab tribe
at the foot of the Mountains of Kaby-
la, who had been killed by those un-
der him, and named young Arab of
good race, much esteemed for his in
telligence and courage, and Second
Lieutenant in the Third Regiment of
Spahts. As soon rs he had received
his dangerous command kaid Has
man gathered his family abont him
and planted his tents in the midst of
his tribe. The great .tdntGsid &
sham battle where guns only charged
with powder are fired in every direc-
tion, which always accompanies the
Inauguration of new Chief, was orr
ganiZed according to custom, hnt it
was plain to see that n spirit of dis
content animated most of the cava-
iiers, for Kaid was not of their own
tribe. and the Arab is of jealous
and vindictive nature Hardly had |
the festivities commenced when bul-
lets were heard to whiz through the
air, and Kaid's bonrnous was tray
ersed by more than one-happily !
even grazing him-and in
stantly, without the slightest sign of
he ordered Il circle to- he
formed around him, and addressing
himself most particularly to those
whom he suspected to be his enemies,
he said:


''You are but awkward, clumsy wo-
men; when a man wishes to shoot his
Chief he makes sure of his bullet
and his aim. You have missed me,
and this time | pardon both your
and stupidity. / know
those who have tried to kill me, and
l promise them that if this little
game re-cOmmences | shall not miss
them. Now disband, and 90 to your
tents"


Wishing to be reassured as to how
my brave Kaid Hasman could main
tain his command and govern the
Arabs about him, | ar
rived on the following day with a
strong escort of spahis, and the fan
tasia was again prepared in my hon
or. This time no gun was charged
with lead, and the ceremony passed
off to the complete satisfaction of all
parties. Next day | returned the
civility by ordering wild boar hunt,
in which ali the cavaliers took part,
and had they still nourished treach-
erous sentiment toward their brave
Chief better occasion could not
have been for misdirecting one of the
many bullets which were fired. But
they were completely conquered; nor
had Kaid Hasman any further diff
Guilty in governing them.


But to return to my lion story. The
day after our famous wild boar hunt
Kaid and i, followed only by about
dozen cavaliers, went off on a little
hunt of our own in quite another di-
rection. Starting abont five o'clock
in the morning, we returned at about
the same hour in the evening, half
dead of hunger, thirst and heat. Wei
were walking our horses along thel
dried bed of a river, / at the head,
laid. with but one barrel of his oun