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.