CHAPTER IX. 



II. FIELD NOTES ON THE GAME. 



The following animals described : 



Lion. Bushpig. Otter (two 



Leopard. Hyaena (two varieties). 



Cheetah. varieties). Civet Cat. 



Serval. Wild Dog. Antbear, or 



Zebra. Jackal (two Aard-Vark. 



Warthog. varieties). | 



Native names given for many other animals not strictly speaking classed! 

 as game. Also names for some of the birds, snakes, &c., are also given. 



LION (Felis leo). 



NATIVE NAMES. 

 Chinyanja - - - Mkango. | Chingoni - - Ngwenyama. 



Approximate weight, $ 

 Good average skin, $ ... 



40olb. 

 gft. 3in., unstretchecL 



THERE is no African animal that has inspired writers on 

 sport in that continent, or the interest of those who have 

 never seen Africa, to the same extent as the lion ; but in. 

 his natural state he does not present the hairy and dignified' 

 appearance that he does when looking through the bars of 

 a cage with sleepy-looking brown eyes. 



Wild lions, especially in very hot regions, do not often 

 have good manes, and Mr. F. C. Selous has quite con- 

 clusively proved that the profuse growth of hair seen in 

 lions in the zoological gardens and menageries in Europe 

 is the result of the cold climate ; and possibly regular 

 feeding may have something to do with it. 



Long ago, in the higher parts of Southern Africa, lions 

 grew large manes with long hair under the forelegs and 

 along the belly, and to-day lions exist on the higher plateaux 



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