3S6 THE LION KILLER. 



The following is the report of Amar-ben-Sigha. 



" I found the lion drinking at the brook of Tafrent, where 

 he halted for a moment, I followed him through the burnt 

 woods, that you may see from here, aud he laid down on the 

 edge of it to sleep till daybreak, judging from his couch, and 

 the signs he left on the ground. 



" After leaving the burnt woods, he swam the brook that 

 bounds the woods of Tafrent on the east, and entered their 

 cover. I rounded the woods, following the brook on the 

 westerly side, and the road that bounds it on the easterly 

 side. 



" Finding that he had not quitted the woods, I returned to 

 his trail where I had left it, and followed it to within a gun- 

 shot of the lair. Here the men who were with me refusing 

 to go any further, I returned to give my report. I judge 

 that the animal is now lying at the foot of the white rock 

 known as the Lion's Rock." 



Now that w r e were certain of the lion's locality, it only 

 remained to choose a mode of attack, and on this the opinion 

 of the council was taken. 



There are three ways of attacking a lion where he is known 

 to be in his lair. The one by surrounding the place, and 

 making a great hurrah, until lie indignantly charges the dis- 

 turbers of his peace, the other by stealthily approaching him 

 as he lies asleep. To make this plan successful, you must 

 know that he has had a good dinner so recently that he 

 could not have digested it, otherwise the hunter may, per- 

 chance, be caught napping himself. The third manner of 

 attack is by means of a live bait. 



Amar-ben-Sigha having given his opinion that it would be 

 impossible to attack the animal we were after in his lair, by 

 reason of the closeness of the woods, we decided upon baiting 

 him. 



That afternoon, as the sun was setting, a wild-looking 



