PART III -ALGERIA. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



A SPORTING RECONNAISSANCE IN ALGERIA. 



The origin of the expedition. — The start. — Paris. — Difficulty 

 about the importation of gunpowder. — A ruse. — Marseilles. 

 — The voyage. — Stora. — Bone. — French hospitality. — Lake 

 Fedzara. — Ain-Mokra. — Convivial evening. — Songs. — The 

 trail of a lion. — Small-game shooting. — Lions afoot. — 

 Night- watching. — Uncomfortable position. — The lion again. 

 — His currishness. — Preparations for a trip inland. — 

 Philippeville. — Roman remains. — The kindness of the 

 French authorities. — Our journey. — A strange Jehu. — Con- 

 btantiue. — The game of Algeria. 



The origin of this expedition was as follows : — 

 Monsieur Jules Gerard of the French army, the 

 celebrated " Taeur des Leons," having formed the 

 nucleus of the Algerian Sj^orting Club, (in which 

 are to be found the names of most of the sporting 

 noblemen and gentry in France,) kindly sent me a 

 prospectus, and I thought it was a pity that the 



