154 THE LION KILLER. 



you are abstemious, which is better, carry nothing but coffee 

 and tobacco. 



Refrain from wine and liquors, if you wish to have a clear 

 eye, and besides, the water of the mountains is so pure and 

 good, that you will soon cease to regret the wine you have 

 left behind you. You will easily find a smart fellow at Bone, 

 who will talk Arab for you and French with you, and take 

 care of your baggage. 



Before setting out, let the head of the Arab office know 

 what cadi you are going with, and the country you intend to 

 explore, and he will give you a passport which you will 

 present to those Arab chiefs you do not know. In the sub- 

 division of Bone, you have the choice between the depart, 

 ments of Bone, Calle, Edough and Guelma. 



At Bone are the Beni-Salah where there are lions, but too 

 many marauders ; in Calle you will meet the same difficulty ; 

 if you commence there, you will be killed the first fortnight. 

 The little hills to the south of Edough, near the house of the 

 cadi, are good. 



The country situated to the south and west of the camp of 

 Drean is equally good. 



If they assure you that there is a lion in one of these 

 countries, set out with a cadi or Sheik, tell him you intend 

 pitching your tent as near as possible to the supposed lair, 

 at a hundred steps above the douar. I said a hundred steps 

 from the Arab tents, because your eyes are not to be making 

 love to the women of the douar ; and I said above, because 

 every dark night, the marauders roam around the douars and 

 they generally come from the lower side, where they are less 



