. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . oken, twiceivored to continue his furious rush, and then rolled over into the bed ofthe torrent, from which he was fished out by the Arabs. A camel had tocarry back tins boar, fabulously large for this country, where they are generallysmall; this one weighed over three hundred pounds. Idle son of the sheikh could no longer contain himself; preceding theCortege, he and his knife executed indescribable fantasias in the air. ■.!////.. I foil/.1 Kalas! Cawaga Girdme Such were the shouts with which theentire village deafened our ears. Davi
. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . oken, twiceivored to continue his furious rush, and then rolled over into the bed ofthe torrent, from which he was fished out by the Arabs. A camel had tocarry back tins boar, fabulously large for this country, where they are generallysmall; this one weighed over three hundred pounds. Idle son of the sheikh could no longer contain himself; preceding theCortege, he and his knife executed indescribable fantasias in the air. ■.!////.. I foil/.1 Kalas! Cawaga Girdme Such were the shouts with which theentire village deafened our ears. David bringing back the head of Goliath hadcertainly no greater a success! Idle Copt population, like good Christians,came to assist us in consuming this bulky came, and a general distribution was made m the village lo our cO-religionistS. Everybody was at the least,lor the dogs had their pail of this genera] quarry, ami. in spite ot the largecrowd gathered together, eagles ami other voracious buds swooped down in THE TERRACE OF THE SERAGLIO. IIII IM> WORKS OF J I: l.\ L&ON G&RdME. 137 their midst and disputed the prey with them. Haunch of wild-boar, saucemad&re; filet oi boar, sauce poivrade; cutlets oi boar without sauce, figuredfor several days on our bills of laic To scud some to France to comfort ouifamilies would have been a greal joy to us. but postal difficulties hindered us,and this generous movement of our hearts was interred in the depths Oi ourstomachs! Toward evening we all assembled again and proceeded to investone oi tin large ponds to the southwest of the village. Hunting is no longerbunting in this marvelous country, in this veritable promised land, where thekeepers must have been on a strike for centuries, Neither the grains oi sandon the seashore, nor the stars in heaven, can give an idea oi the Hocks of wildducks which blackened the water. As night fell, these compact masses seemedlo be immense Boating raits, which divided into squads under our incessa
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