LIONS AND TJGERS. 



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with spear and arrow ; and when the old lions fell into 

 the pitfalls, they rushed upon the young, and l)y heroic 

 struggles, Ijody to body and limb to limb, captured the 



HE AND IIIS SUITE APPLAUD THEIR BLOOD-THIRSTY FEROCITY. 



means to freedom. What feverishly anxious nights they 

 must have passed ! what long, hot days ! If one of the 

 lions only was taken, and the other returned while 



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