

THE 



Jlaturaltsf Cabinet 



CHAP. I. 



fe What if the lion in his rage I meet ! 

 Oft in the dust I view his printed feet ! 

 And fearful, oft, when day's declining light; 

 Yields his pale empire to the mournful night, 

 By hunger rons'd, he scours the groaning plain. 

 Gaunt wolves, and sullen tigers in his train : 

 Before them death, with shrieks, directs their way. 

 Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey." 



COLLINS. 



THE LION. 



Majestic appearance of the king of animals. 



THE lion is considered as the king of animals, 

 and has been judiciously chosen as a symbol of 

 the British empire. It is justly remarked by a 

 celebrated naturalist, that the outward form of 

 this animal seems to denote the superiority of 

 his internal qualities ; for his figure is peculiarly 

 striking; his countenance bold and command- 

 ing; his gait majestic, and his voice terrible. 

 His body is not unwieldy, like that of the ele- 



