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LKUPAUD AND CHEETAU. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



TROPICAL FELIDJ^:. 



The Lion — Conflicts with Travellers on Mount Atlas — The Lion and the Hotten- 

 tot — A Lion taken in — Narrow Escapes of Andersson and Dr. Livingstone— 

 Lion-Hunting by the Arabs of the Atlas — By the Bushmen — The Asiatic Lion 

 — The Lion and the Dog — The Tiger — The Javanese Jungle— The Peacock — 

 Wide Northern Eange of the Tiger— Tiger-Hunting in India — Miraculous 

 Escape of an English Sportsman — Animals announcing the Tiger's Presence— 

 Turtle-Hunting of the Tiger on the Coasts of Java — The Panther and the Leo- 

 pard — The Cheetah — The Jaguar — The Puma — The smaller American Felidae 

 — The Hyaena — Fables told of these abject Animals— The Striped Hyana — 

 The Spotted Hysena — The Brown Hyaena. 



THE majestic form, the noble bearing, the stately stride, the 

 fine proportions, the piercing eye, and the dreadful roar 

 of the Lion, striking terror into the heart of every other animal, 

 all combine to mark him with the stamp of royalty. All nerve, 

 all muscle, his enormous strength shows itself in the tre- 

 mendous bound with which he rushes upon his prey, in the 



