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second is in the British Museum. Sir William Jardine remarks 

 that " the colour was brighter than that of the Lion, and the 

 bands were better marked than they generally are in the young 

 of the true breed." Indeed, from his figure, the animal has 

 more the appearance of a Tiger than of a Lion. Writing of 

 the cubs of the first litter in the "Library of Entertaining Know- 

 ledge," where one of them was figured, Griffith observes that 

 " our mules, in common with ordinary Lions, were born with- 

 out any traces of a mane, or of a tuft at the end of the tail. 

 Their fur in general was rather woolly ; the external ear was 

 pendant towards the extremity ; the nails were constantly out, 

 and not cased in the sheath, and in these particulars they 

 agreed with the common cubs of Lions. Their colour was 

 dirty yellow or blanket-colour ; but from the nose over the 

 head, along the back and upper side of the tail, the colour was 

 much darker, and on these parts the transverse stripes were 

 stronger, and the forehead was covered with obscure spots, 

 slighter indications of which also appeared on other parts of 

 the body. The shape of the head, as appears by the figures, is 

 assimilated to that of the father (the Lion) ; the superficies of 

 the body on the other hand is like that of the Tigress." 



Fourth Litter — Born October 2nd, 1828, at Windsor; one 

 male and two females. 



Fifth Litter. — Born May, 1831, at Kensington, three cubs; 

 sexes not recorded. They were shown to the Queen, then 

 Princess Victoria, and to the Duchess of Kent. The whole 

 group performed in a specially constructed cage at Astley's 

 Amphitheatre, and in 1832 were taken by Mr. Atkins for a 

 tour in Ireland. 



Sixth Litter. — Born July 19th, 1833, at the Zoological Gardens, 

 Liverpool ; one male and two females. One, the male, lived 

 for ten years in the Gardens. The young male Lion-Tigers 



