AX'ith I'lashlio-ht and Rifle 



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This reminds me that hons were probably to be 

 fount! in Greece not so very loni^' a-i^o, as tliey still are 

 in Asia, though in very small numbers. These lions 

 sh(nv themselves ca])able of bearing quite high degrees 

 of cold, if they do not go so tar north as their near kin 

 the tiger. The Siberian tiger, a recognised species of 

 the genus, li\es in the midst ot snow and ice, protected 

 against the coldest season by a thick winter coat. Idie 

 pair ot splendid Siberian tigers in the Ik'rlin Zoological 

 Gardens show by the way they thrive and breed that, 

 living as they do the whole year in the open air, they are 

 excellently suited in our climate, as is the corres|)onding 

 species ot lion trom NortlvEastern Asia. The tempera- 

 ture goes down alniost to treezing-point also on the 

 uplands of East Africa, and on cold nights the roar of 

 the lion resounds far and wide over the x'elt. 



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