116 THE LION KILLER. 



gether confused, it is only the young and females that 

 remain in the power of the hunter ; the full-grown ones 

 always managing to escape, for their swiftness and bottom are 

 superior to the best greyhounds. In the Tell, the Arabs beat 

 the woods in order to hunt the gazel from one mountain to 

 another. 



Men hidden in the woods, or behind a rock overlooking 

 the field, hold the greyhounds in leash, and when the herd 

 pass near, let them loose without any noise, so that often 

 several gazels are brought to the ground from fright or sur- 

 prise, before making any run whatever. 



The dung of the gazel, when dried in the sun and reduced 

 to powder, is used by the Algerians to give an agreeable 

 taste and odor to their smoking tobacco. 



I think the animal so graceful and beautiful when alive, 

 that I would rather see one living in its native grace, than 

 destroy it for the pleasure of the hunt, or the value of its 

 flesh, or the poor trophy of its skin. 



