fc Quadrupeds. 



whether man or beast, who should unwarily approach 

 the precincts of her sanctuary. She makes incursions 

 for food for her young with even more intrepidity than 

 the Lion himself; throws herself indiscriminately 

 among men and other animals; destroys without dis- 

 tinction; loads herself with the spoil, and brings it 

 home reeking to her cubs. She usually brings forth 

 her'young in the most retired and inaccessible places ; 

 and when she fears the discovery of her retreat, often 

 hides her track, by running back over the ground, 01 

 by brushing it out with her tail. She sometimes also, 

 when her apprehensions are great, transports her young 

 from one place to another, like a cat ; and if obstructed, 

 defends them with determined courage, and fights to 

 the last. 



Mr. Fennel, in his History of Quadrupeds, relates an 

 interesting anecdote of a Lioness kept at the Tower in 

 1773. This creature had become " greatly attached to a 

 little dog, which was her constant companion. When 

 the Lioness was about to whelp, the dog was removed ; 

 but shortly after her accouchement had taken place, the 

 dog contrived to enter the den, and approached the 

 Lioness with his usual fondness. She, alarmed for her 

 cubs, immediately seized him, and seemed about to kill 

 him ; but, as if suddenly recollecting their former friend- 

 ship, she carried him to the door of her den, and allowed 

 him to escape unhurt." Mr. Fennel also tells us, that the 

 first Lioness ever brought to England, died in the Tower 

 in 1773, after having attained a great age. 



Another Lioness, which was kept at the Tower in 

 1806, became extremely attached to a little dog, and 

 whenever he attempted to pass through the bars of the 

 den, would draw him back by the hinder parts, and 

 place her paw gently upon his body, as if entreating 

 him not to leave her. 



