In Winter Quarters 



beef down between his paws and 

 crunching it as easily as if it were a 

 tenderloin, when suddenly he thought 

 of teasing his next door neighbor with 

 it. Leaping upon the shelf against the 

 rear wall of his den, he jams the joint 

 of beef against the steel rods that 

 separate him from Leo Jr., and dares 

 him touch it. The latter pretends to 

 accept the defiance, and with a bellow 

 that fairly shakes the solid building the 

 big boss jerks the bone away, rolls 

 over and down and looks royally well 

 pleased at his little joke; and inciden- 

 tally there can be no sound in all this 

 world more paralyzing in its effect 

 upon human ears than this great lion's 

 thunderous throaty roar reverberating 

 throughout the length and breadth of 

 that high-roofed space enclosed in 

 brick and steel. 



Restlessness frequently pervades the 

 really beautiful interior of the house of 

 lions. The tiger's fearsome yell re- 

 sounds throughout the hall that fits so 

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