20 HISTORY OF THE LION. 



ments of Upper Egypt, a lion is represented withe at a 

 mane; and it was conjectured, that an animal of this 

 character must have at one time existed, or, more probably, 

 does still exist in some of the more unexplored districts : 

 in confirmation of which, the skin and jaws of a new 

 species of cat, larger than the lion, of a brownish color, and 

 without any mane, have been received by Professor 

 Kretchmon, of Frankfort, in England, within a few years 

 past, and of which we shall, at some future time, give a 

 more particular description, together with the lion of the 

 New World (so called), or American lion, an animal 

 much inferior in size and strength, and of very different 

 habits. 



