MAMMALS. 



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strike a buffalo on the back with the paw with sufficienl force to bring it 

 to the ground. 



The lion ranges from western Hindustan to the southern extremity oi 

 Africa, and is a form too familiar to take more of our space. There is 

 but a single species, but this acquires different characters in differed parts 

 of its range. 



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Fig. 528.— African lion (Felis leo). 



Of a smaller size is the leopard — spotted lion the name means — of 

 Asia, one of the most beautiful of animals. It frequents the forests and 

 can climb like a cat. As a rule it is not disposed to touch man, but alter 

 it has once tasted human blood it becomes a confirmed man-eater, and 

 indulges its appetite as often as opportunity offers. Ii is a strange tad 

 that the peculiar odor of small-pox patients is especially attractive to it. 

 It is usually caught with pit-falls or with spring-cages baited with kid. 



