304 THE LION AND THE TIGER CHAP. 
cannot climb. His roar (which is so suggestive, towards its end, 
of that animal who once dressed himself up in his skin) is 
literally after his prey. The Lion, it is stated, does not roar 
except upon a full stomach. The Lion is mainly nocturnal in its 
habits, and is said to be not in the least dangerous if unprovoked 
in the daytime; but here again opinions differ. The tail of the 
animal is provided at the extremity with a slight claw, but it 
can hardly be sufficient for the animal to lash itself into a fury 
with it. A Lion will live for thirty or forty years, and will breed 
freely in captivity. The Gardens of the Zoological Society of 
Dublin have been famed for their success in breeding Lions; but 
more surprising still, this has been successfully accomphlshed in 
travelling menageries. The “desert ” colour of the Lion is familiar 
to all. It is stated that the hkeness to the parched soil of 
certain parts of Africa is greatly heightened by black patches in 
the mane, for in certain regions of that continent the arid yellow 
of the general environment is diversified by pieces of black lava. 
It is apparently a popular delusion to speak of the Maneless Lion 
of Guzerat. . No doubt maneless Lions do come from there, but so 
do young and maneless Lions from other places; in short, it is 
simply a question of age, and old Lions from the Asiatic continent 
are as fully maned as those from Africa. 
The Tiger, F. tagris, is an animal of about the same size as 
the Lion, distinguished, of course, by the stripes. The skeletons 
are much like those of other Cats; but the skull of the 
Tiger may he distinguished from that of the Lion by the fact 
that the nasal bones reach back beyond the frontal processes of 
the maxillae. The Tiger is an exclusively Asiatic beast, ranging 
northward into icy Siberia. The northern individuals have a 
closer fur, and have been quite unnecessarily separated as a 
distinet variety. Nine feet six inches is the size of the average 
full-crown Tiger; but the skins will stretch, a fact of which the 
sportsman will sometimes take advantage. A “man-eater” is a 
Tiger which has discovered “that it is far easier to kill a native 
than to hunt for the scarce jungle game.” As with the Lion, the 
accounts of travellers differ enormously, particularly with regard 
to the strength of the creature. Some have said that a Tiger can 
easily lift a full-grown bullock and leap with it in the mouth 
over a considerable obstacle, a statement which is ridiculed by 
Sir Samuel Baker. Unlike the Lion, the Tiger can climb trees ; 
