Leopard and Cheetan. 



CHAPTER XLI. 



THE FELID/E OF THE OLD WORLD. 



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

 tot — A Lion taken in — Narrow Escapes of Anclersson 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-Huntiiig of the Tiger on the Coasts of Java — The Panther and the Leo- 

 pard — The Leopard attracted by the Smell of Small-Pox — The Clieetah- 

 The Hyaena — Fables told of those abject Animals — The Striped Hyaena- 

 The Spotted Hyaena — Tlie 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 

 nmscle, his enormous strength shows itself in the tremendous 



