MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN LION HUNTING. 269 



the way from the mountains expressly to see me, "and who 

 already had commenced speaking of me as Bou-Sioud, or 

 Katel-Sioud, the Lion's Master, or the Lion Killer. 



I was, however, only a novice in the art. I desired the 

 chance to better merit the title, and that chance was not 

 long in coming. 



