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spots ; and I remember an experienced African traveller, 

 who knew a good deal about lions, declaring in conse- 

 quence that they were leopards. 



It is noteworthy that the East African lions, as a rule, 

 have not such strongly developed manes as those in 

 captivity, or as those from North and South Africa. The 



A LIONESS FRIGHTENED FROM A CARCASE BY THE FLASHLIGHT 



causes of the differences in the growth of the manes have 

 not yet been established. You see many full-grown male 

 lions in East Africa entirely without manes I have shot 

 some myself and a really strong mane seems to be nearly 

 always the outcome of captivity. It is said that lions 

 have small manes generally in very thorny regions. This, 

 however, does not accord with my observations. 



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