42 THE LION KILLER. 



tion of the noise. If any of the lookouts sees him, he takes 

 the skirt of his burnous in his right hand and draws it before 

 him, which is a signal to the hunters for, I see him. 



One of the hunters then stepping out from the ranks to 

 communicate with the lookout, moves his burnous from the 

 right to the left, which signifies, Where is he ? What is he 

 doing ? If the lion remains standing still, the lookout • 

 answers by gathering the two folds of his burnous in his hand, 

 raising them to the height of his head, and then dropping 

 them while walking one or two steps forward, which signi- 

 fies, He is motionless a short distance before you. If the lion 

 moves to the right or to the left, he marches in the direction 

 of the lion, moving his burnous either from the left to the 

 right, or from the right to the left, as the case may be. Or 

 if the lion is seen going directly towards the hunters, the 

 lookout fronts them, and shaking his burnous up and down, 

 cries as loud as he can, Aou likoumf Look out! 



At this signal the hunters form in order of battle, all in a 

 row, and if they can, they arrange themselves against a rock, 

 so that they may not be attacked from behind. Wo to the 

 luckless wight who has not heard the warning cry, or remains 

 at a distance from his comrades. The moment that the lion 

 perceives him, whether he is fleeing to the shelter of a tree 

 or rock, or whether he is standing his ground boldly, and 

 meeting his foe with his gun to his shoulder, he charges 

 home with a bound. The hunter is lost, unless by a provi- 

 dence of God, he happens to kill the animal dead in his 

 tracks. 



As is seen, the tactics of this warfare are very simple. 



