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concert; and the din reaches its height when two or three troops of hons 

 approach a watering-place at the same time. On such occasions every member 

 of each troop sounds a bold roar of defiance at the opposite parties ; and when 

 one roars all roar together, and each seems to vie with his comrades in the 

 intensity and power of his voice. 



As a rule, lions commence to roar with the falling shades of evening, and 

 continue with longer or shorter intervals throughout the night ; but in secluded 

 and undisturbed districts he has frequently heard the roaring sustained as 



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late as 9 or lo o'clock in the morning on bright and sunny days. During 

 cloudy and rainy weather they will however roar, although in a lower tone, 

 throughout the day. 



Although in some districts lions are commonly met either alone, or in pairs 

 of males and females, this does not seem tO' be generally the case in the 

 interior of South Africa, where it is more usual tO' meet with four or five 

 lions consorting together, while parties of from ten to twelve are by nO' means 

 rare. Such a party of twelve would, in the experience of the same observer, 

 probably comprise about two adult males, three or four full-grown lionesses, 



