Gerome Sharing My Opinion That The Report
Was Got Up For The Sake Of Extorting A Few Kerans, We Soon Sent Our
Informants About Their Business, And Calmly Proceeded On Our Journey.
Nevertheless, The Kotal Doktar Would Not Be A Pleasant Place To
Encounter The "King Of Beasts," I Thought.
The pass consists simply of
a narrow pathway four feet wide, on the one side a perpendicular wall
of rock, on the other an equally sheer precipice.
"Did you come across the lion?" was Mr. J - - 's first question, as
we dismounted at the gate of his telegraph-station at Kazeroon. "I
suppose not," he added, seeing the surprise with which I greeted his
remark. "We have had three parties out from here this week, but with
no luck. I just managed to get a sight of him, and that's all. He is a
splendid beast."
Ignorance had indeed been bliss in our case, and I felt some
compunction when I remembered how disdainfully we had treated the
ragged sergeant and his men. They would have been of no use, except
in the way of stop-gaps, like the babies, in cheap prints, that the
Russian traveller in the sleigh throws to the wolves to occupy their
attention while he urges on his mad career, a pistol in each hand and
the reins in his mouth. Still, even for this purpose, they might have
been useful, and were certainly worth a few kerans. I was glad not to
learn the truth till we reached Kazeroon.
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