THE INDIAN LION 



for. It is found more frequently than elsewhere 

 upon the Thibetan side of the Himalayan range. 



The vernacular names for this animal are 



Thibetan Stian, Iker. 



Bhotia Sah. 



Lepcha Phale 1 . 



In Simla hills Burrel-hay. 



In Kunawur Thurwag. 



No doubt, by every Hindustani-speaking native 

 outside of the localities above mentioned, it would 

 be called by the vernacular, generic name of "bagh," 

 or " chota-bagh," just as is the panther. 



THE INDIAN LION (Felts led) 



This animal, which used to frequent the North- 

 West Provinces, Central India, and the Bombay 

 Presidency, is now, alas! almost extinct, being found 

 at the present day, so far as I am aware, only 

 very rarely in Guzerat, and possibly in Cutch. 

 Doubtless the reasons which have led to its almost 

 total extinction, are the ease with which it can be 

 shot, on account of its preferring comparatively 

 open ground to thick forest ; and its want of that 

 cunning which renders the tiger, and still more the 

 panther, so difficult to bring to bag. When the 

 late Duke of Clarence was out in India, he had 

 a beat for lions, and two or three were seen, but 

 not one was secured. 



The Indian lion appears to differ from the African 

 only in the mane of the former being less developed 



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