JULES GERARD is a native of Pignan, in the arrondissement 

 of Toulon, where he was born, in the year 1817 ; and having 

 embraced the profession of arms, joined the 3d regiment of 

 calvary in the French army of Algeria, as a volunteer, on the 

 23d June, 1842. While on duty in this country he had lei- 

 sure for hunting, of which he was remarkably fond ; and being 

 induced by the Arabs in his neighborhood to hunt the lions 

 which troubled them, he was so successful, as to gain their 

 affections and the title of Gerard, the Lion Slayer. The fol- 

 lowing narrative was communicated by himself to the Journal 

 des Chasseurs, published in Paris. 



I knew of a large old lion in the Smauls country, and be- 

 took myself in that direction. On arriving I heard that he 

 was in the Bonariff, near Batnah. My tent was not yet pitched 

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