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spots ; and I remember an experienced African traveller, 

 who knew a good deal about lions, declaring in conse- 

 quence that they were leopards. 



It is noteworthy that the h^ast African lions, as a rule, 

 have not such strongly developed manes as those in 

 captivity, or as those from North and South Africa. The 



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causes ot the differences in the growth of the manes have 

 not yet been established. You see man\' full-grown male 

 lions in East x^trica entirely without manes — I have shot 

 some myself — and a really strong mane seems to be nearly 

 always the outcome of ca|)tivity. It is said that lions 

 have small manes generally in very thorny regions. This, 

 however, does not accord with my observations. 



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