"As we have heard, in the East all men speak the truth; it is only Egyptians who lie.

Also in the East men's necks are encircled with bowstrings as well as pearls, and ears are long." The hounds continued to bay, drawing nearer to us.

A lioness bounded out of the reeds, ran towards the King's chariot and as though amazed, sat down like a dog, so near that a man might have hit it with a stone.

The King shot short, striking it in the fore-paw only, whereon it shook out the arrow and rushed back into the reeds, while the court behind cried, "May the King live for ever! The beast is dead." "We shall see if it is dead presently," said Bes, and I nodded.
Another lion appeared to the right of the King.

Again he shot and missed it, whereon he began to curse and to swear in his own royal oaths, and the charioteer trembled.