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lie had brought to this country. This lion, he stated, is distinguished from those previously known by 

 the absence of a mane that is, us maneless, when compared with other lions from the sides of the 

 neck and shoulders, the middle line of the back of the neck being alone furnished with longer liairs 

 which are erect, like those in the same situation in the cheetah.* The under surface of the neck Ims 

 long, loose silky hairs, and there is a tuft at the angle of the anterior legs. The tail is also shorter than 

 that of ordinary lions, and is furnished at its tip with a much larger brush or tuft. 



Captain Smee states that these maneless lions are found in Guzerat, extending through a range of 

 country about forty miles in length, including several villages, and among them those of Booroo and 

 Goliana, near which he killed his finest specimens. They appear to be very destructive to the domes- 

 ticated cattle. Captain Smee could not learn that any men had been attacked by thorn. When struck 



THE LION OVER HIS PREY 



by a ball, they exhibited great boldness, standing as it preparing to resist their pursuers, and then 

 going off slowly, and in a very sullen manner. 



M. Felix, the keeper of the animals at Paris, some years ago, brought two lions a male and 

 female to the national menagerie. Some time after, he was taken ill, and was unable to attend to 

 them ; another person was therefore under the necessity of performing this duty. The male, sad and 

 solitary, remained constantly seated at the end of his cage, refusing to receive anything from the 

 stranger, whose presence he hated, and whom he often menaced by his roar. The company of the 

 lioness seemed now to displease him, and he paid no attention to her. His uneasiness led to the 

 suspicion that he was really ill ; but no one dared to approach him. 



* Felis jubala. 

 VOL. II. 



