428 THE LION KILLER. 



El-ta'-adje, the crowned one ; Djahdeb, the stout ; El-liareth, 

 the hunter ; Er-ribale, the rapacious ; Ez-joufar, the hero ; Es- 

 sabone, the most ferocious ; Es-saab, the lofty ; Ed-dhorgame, 

 the valiant ; Ed-dhigreme, the biter ; El-tirar, the agile ; El- 

 ambess, the redoubtable ; El-Gadhamfar, the mighty ; El-Jcaraica, 

 the tearer ; El-Tcacoura, the recluse ; El-kcihar, the impetuous ; 

 El-laits, the vigorous; El-metanene, the intrepid', El-neh-habe, 

 the hunter; El-mofarrasse, the devourer; El-onerd, the tawny; 

 ^4Jow H-altale, the father of heroes; Abou-zzafrane, the red; Abou- 

 el-alcriass, the. monster of the caves; Abou-acTiebale, the father 

 of young hunters ; Abou H-abasse, the animal of the imposing 

 presence; AbouH-Tiafss, the devouring monster ; AbouH-harts^ 

 the beast who tears up the ground. The grammarian, Ali-Ben- 

 Kacem-Ben Djaafar, has added a hundred more to the list of 

 names already given, which if it does not prove the veneration 

 in which they hold the animal, at least, shows the richness of 

 the Arab tongue. 



It is usually pretended that no animal in the world can support 

 hunger and thirst like the lion. When he is hungry he is cruel 

 and pitiless, but when he has dined, his character improves. He 

 prefers the flesh of living animals, and disdains corpses. He 

 prefers a fresh animal for every meal, and will not return to the 

 yesterday's repast. The lioness brings forth but one cub at a 

 birth, and when it is born it is a forinless mass of flesh, and 

 remains motionless for three day. On the fourth day the male 

 lion comes up to it, and blows upon it, until it begins to breathe. 

 "When it has moved and stretched its legs, the lioness offers it 

 her teats, but it does not open its eyes until the seventh day. 



Some persons have noticed that the lion refuses to drink from 

 water where a dog has drunk, and that it trembles at the sound 

 of the crowing of a cock, or the ring of metal. 



The lion has such a good opinion of himself that he will not 

 associate with any other animal. His temperament is very 

 warm, and he has a constant fever. He lives to a great age, and 

 when old, his teeth drop out. According to the accounts of 

 historians, the lion was of a very sweet disposition in the times 

 of the holy Jesus (Aica), and he lived in peaceful harmony with 

 the camel and other quadrupeds. 



