Avant le Départ

1. et de se faire expliquer : and toget kim to explain to tkem,

2. Jules Gérard. The most famous of the lion-hunters of Algeria ; he was born in 18 17 and was drowned in Africa in 1864. He killed in ail twenty-five lions. His two books, La chasse au lion and Gérard le tueur de lions ^ appeared in 1855 and 1856.

3. connaissait la chasse au lion sur le bout du doigt, comme s'il Pavait faite : had at his longue'^ s end ail that could be known of lionhunting, as if he had been Personal ly engaged in the sport,