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FELIS LEO.
rnimals Ieave their loty habitations, itis more for the reason that the snow interferes with their movements than
tof the cold. According to the gentleman just named, this animal supports old better than
The Lion, even in its wild state, seems at times to become cowed by the human eye; and Thomps
his “Adventures in Sou of the Cm ict, when hunting with a neighbour, approac
unin surrounded wes, when suddenly a Fon. started up by his side and seized him by the Ie
saan ithe man stood perfectly still, aware that if he struggled he would be certain to suffer instant destruct
Te lion also. remained 4s, holding the arm fist in his teeth but not biting it severely, and shutting his
yes, k upon the fice of his victim. As they stood thus, the presence of min
ake him . ompanion to shoot the lion in the head, whieh could easly have boen
But his comrade was a great coward, and, in place of helping his friend, he retreated to the top of a rock
The Boer earnestly begged for assistance, the lion remaining perfectly quiet; and if the man had been patien
tle longer, it 8 p the animal would have let him, But, indignant at the cowardice of his compat
ew his knife, and, with all the foree of his right arm, d the animal's breast. The thrust was a deadly
me; but the enraged b ch by the man in his desperate ¢ lefond himself,
Jacerated his unfortunate vietim’s arms and breast with his claws, that the bones were laid bare, and at Jength
fell from loss of blood. ‘The cowardly neighbour, who had witnessed the fearful struggle without attempting a rese
at length mustered suflicient courage ¢ sl friend and carry him to the nearest house, where ever
vesisturce was rendered, but in vain} forthe poor fellow expired on the third day from locke.
T have mentioned that occasionally Lions become *maneaters," as the term is. OF all creatures, unarmed man is
the most incapable of succesful defence in struggle with the inhabitants of the des
11 beasts soon learn how easy it is to make him their prey. When a Lion has become a c
ie entremely dangerous; for it is frequently his abit to Iie in wait for days near a vill
mity to pring upon some unfortunate person who goes beyond the limits of the he
the jm fances are known of village being almost depopulated by one of these ferocious beasts, so. many
human beings having been slain, and the survivors eompelled to remove to another locality.
The Lion is now no longer found in Burope. It is sfil met with in various parts of India, according to Jenton,
ly in Guzerat and Cuteh is at all
fom Cuteh to Hurriana, in Gwalior and Saugor in the northwest, but 0
author ako states that quite recently the Lion has been killed as far eastward as the All
ad, In Guzerat the species is found along the banks of the Sombermuttee, near Ahme
country, according to Captain Smee, of about forty miles length. It is also
The Rhum, near Rhumpor, and also near Puttem. North or east of Bengal the Lion is not now met with. Tt is
ot uncommon in Perea, nor in Asia Minor. In Afrien it is sill found in the Atlas range of mountains, but has
heen neatly, if not quite, extirpated from Bgypt, and has alo been driven into the interior from the Cape of Good
Tope. Tn ther parts of Affcn, however, iis very common. At one time it probably ranged over the entire contine
we plate contains figures of all the Known varieties of the Lion, viz the Black- and Yellow-maned, the Babylonian
with the mane eovering the shoulders), and the mancless style. A Lioness i drinking inthe foreground
Tsombles that of the ‘Tiger in many particulars; but the following characters will serve to
nasal proceses of the mexillaies are pointed and prolonged to the same line as is reached
by the fronto-nasal articulation. ‘The nasil aperture is inclined towards a square shape. ‘The frontal ends of the nasal
ones are flatened; and the interorbital space is generally wider than is observed in the Tiger. ‘The temporal length
of the frontals is short, which consequently brings forward the parietal suture, and places correspondingly backwards
the postorbital process, giving the skull, when viewed from above, the appearance of being “short-waisted,” in
‘ontradstinotion to the “long-waisted” aspect of the Tiger's skull. Mr. Boyd Dawkins gives a character to distinguish
the Lion from the ‘Tiger, which he considers of specie value and consequently reliable. On the inferior border of the
Tnandibular ramus, immediately beneath the last mola, there is developed a slight process, more o less pronounced
different individuals, eausing the under jaw in profile to have in some a rounded outline from symphysis to angle, while
in others it presets a doubly arched appearance. ‘This process is not found on the same part of the Tiger's skull |