. The boy's book of modern travel and adventure . accordingto Gerards experience of them, that his pious beliefis, that if the lion be slain, it is not the mxin -vvho kills,but the invisible Hand that protects and guideshim. The Frenchman is right: there is but one sourceof strength and success in all our enterprises; be theylion-killing, fault-killing, or any other equally formidable undertaking. It must be borne in mind that Gerard slew lions(we do not remember how many of them) neither forsport nor gain, but to rid the country of a terriblescourge. The Arabs themselves, as well as the Afric
. The boy's book of modern travel and adventure . accordingto Gerards experience of them, that his pious beliefis, that if the lion be slain, it is not the mxin -vvho kills,but the invisible Hand that protects and guideshim. The Frenchman is right: there is but one sourceof strength and success in all our enterprises; be theylion-killing, fault-killing, or any other equally formidable undertaking. It must be borne in mind that Gerard slew lions(we do not remember how many of them) neither forsport nor gain, but to rid the country of a terriblescourge. The Arabs themselves, as well as the Africans,kill their enemy—when they can—in a much lessdignified manner than did the lieutenant of dig a pit for him, into which he is occasionallyobliging enough to tumble, and then we may be surethey do not help him to get out again. The way in which the Maidan Arabs of Mesopo-tamia, in Asia, attack their lion is noticeable for itsboldness. There, w^e are told, a man will protect hisri-ht arm by binding strips of tamarisk wood round. GERARD, THE LION HUNTER. SOMETHING ABOUT LIONS. 1*75 it; and then, grasping by the middle a short stickpointed at both ends, he will go straight into the lairof the beast. It springs upon him, open-mouthed,when the stick, being adroitly thrust between his jaws,so as to fix them open and render him harmless, he isquietly shot with the other hand. They must beclever fellows to gag a lion in this way. It certainlysounds something like catching sparrows by puttingsalt upon their tails. But several persons assuredMr. Layard, who gives the account, that they hadseen it done. But if the lion of North Afiica be larger andfiercer than that of the South, it is impossible for himto be more intelligent than this latter. ]\Iore than onehunters story is told, in which, face to face with hisprey, the lion has remained perfectly peaceable tdl theman has attempted to load, or lay hands on his threatening growl and an advance, that evidentlymeant m
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