MANEL&SS LION.—Leo Goojraitensis. 
it derives its name. This is the “ MANELEss Lion” of Guzerat, so called from the very 
meagre mane with which its neck and throat are decorated. 
When first this animal was brought before the notice of naturalists, it was supposed 
to be merely a young male, whose mane had not yet reached its full development. It is 
now, however, allowed to be either a distinct species, or, at all events, a permanent 
variety,—between which opinions there is such very trifling difference that one is nearly 
as decided as the other. 
As may be seen from the engraving, the mane is not altogether absent, as the popular 
name might give cause to suppose, but is very trifling in comparison with the luxuriant 
mass of hair which droops over the shoulders of the African Lion. The limbs do not 
appear to be quite so long in proportion as those of the last-named animal, and the tail 
is shorter, with a more conspicuous tuft. This tuft, by the way, is the readiest point of 
distinction which separates the Lion from the other cats. 
The natives term this animal the “ Camel-tiger,” because its uniform tawny fur bears 
some resemblance in tint to that of the camel. 
That one animal should support its own life only by the destruction of another 
creature, appears to be rather a cruel disposition of nature, and repugnant to the beauty 
and kindness which prevails in the order of created things. Averse as are we, the 
created beings, to inflicting pain on any of our fellow-creatures, it cannot but seem 
