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pLiccncy. T!io little trcinlilor, Peeing tlie lion's mildness, ventui-eil to 

 approach liini ; and soon Ijcooniing faniiliar, they lived together theiicu- 

 forwanl in the most perleet harniony : and, although the dug had sonie- 

 tinies the teniei-ity to dispute his shan; of food with the lion, the latter 

 niagnaniniously allowed him to satisfy his appetite before he thought of 

 making a meal himself. 



Tiiii KxiGiiT AND THE Liox. — Wc caiinot voueh for the truth of the 

 following, although so far as the degree of affection manifested liy tlu^ lion 

 is concerned, there is nothing improbable in it. AVe select it from Good- 

 rich's "Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom," but know not its author. 



Sir GeofFrey de la Tour, one of the knights that went upon the first cru- 

 sade to the Holy Land, heard one day, as he rode through a forest, a crv 

 of distress. Hoping to rescue sonic unfortunate suilerc-i', the knight rode 

 boldly into the thicket ; but what was his astonishment, when he beheld a 

 lai'ge Hon, with a large serpent C(.iile(l round his body! AA'ilh a single 

 stroke of his sword, and regardless of the consequences to himself, he killed 

 the serpent, and extricated the tremendous animal from his perilous situ- 

 ation. 



From that hour the grateful creature constantly accompanied his deliv- 

 erer, whom he followed like a dog, and never displayed his natural ferocity 

 but at his command. At length, the crusade being terminated, Sir 

 (ieoU'rey prepared to retiu'n to Eiu'ope. lie wished to take the lion with 

 him, but the master of the ship in which he was to sail was unwilling to 

 admit him on board, and the knight was therefore obliged to leave him on 

 shore. The lion, when he saw himself separated from his belo\ cd master, 

 expressed his grief with a frightful roar ; and when the ship nuned otf, he 

 plunged into the waves, and continued to swim after the shi[), until, his 

 strength being exhausted, he sank beneath the billows, a martyr to his 

 fidelity and atfection. 



A Ti;i:i;iBLE Yisitaxt. — Professor Lichtenstcin relates, — ""When 

 passing near the liiet Ivi\cr-gatc, and wdiilc our oxen were grazing, ^ an 

 AA yk, the colonist, related to us the following interesting circunist;;nce. 

 'It is now,' he said, 'more than two years since, in the very place where 

 we stand, I ventured to take one of the most daring shots that e\er \vas 

 hazarded. j\Iy wife was sitting within the house, near the door, the chil- 

 dren were playing about her, and I was without, near the house, busied in 

 doing something to a wagon, when suddenly, though it was midday, an 

 enormous lion appeared, came up and laid himself quietly down in the shade, 

 upon the ^■ery threshold of the door, ily wife, either frozen -with fear, or 

 aware of the danger attending any attempt to fly, remained motionless in 

 her place, wdiilc the children took refuge in her lap. The cry they uttered 

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