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iloubtfiil. We dill not previously Lclicve that any of the Fclinitt could have 

 been t^o far tampered with. 



IiEspECT von HIS Keepeu. — A keeper of wild beasts at Xew York had 

 provided hiiiisclf, ou the approach of winter, with a fur cap. The novelty 

 of this costume attracted tlic notice of the lion, which, making a sudden 

 grapple, tore the cap otF his head as he passed tiie cage ; but, perceiving 

 that the keeper was the person whose head he had thus uncovered, he 

 immediately laid it down. The same animal once hearing some noise under 

 its cage, passed its paw through the bar, and actually hauled up the keeper, 

 who was cleaning beneath ; but as soon as he perceived that he had tlius 

 ill used his master, he instantly lay down upon his back, in an altitude of 

 complete submission. 



1>1F>D OF Gi;iEF. — Some years since tlierc was, in a menagerie at Cas- 

 sel, in Germany, a large lion, whose keeper was a woukui, to whom the 

 animal seemed most affectionately attaclied. In order to amuse the com- 

 pany, this woman was in the habit of jnitting her hands, p.nd even licr 

 head, into the lion's moutii, without experiencing the least injury. Upon 

 one occasion, however, liaving introduced her head, as usual, between the 

 animafs jaws, he made a sudden snap, and killed iier on the spot. Un- 

 doubtedly tills catastrophe was unintentional on the part of the lion ; prob- 

 al)lv tiie woman's liair irritated his tliroat, so as to make liim sneeze or 

 cougli. This supposition is confu'med by the subserpient conduct of the 

 animal ; for, as soon as he perceived that lie had killed his attendant, the 

 good-tempered, grateful creature cxliii)ited signs of tiie deepest luclancholv, 

 laid liimself down by tlie side of the dead body, which he would not sulfer 

 to be removed, refused to take any I'ood, and, in a few days, pined himself 

 to death. 



Ax Instance of Docility. — ^V rcniarkai)le instance of docility in a 

 lion once took place in tiie menagerie at Cliester, in England. A strange 

 keeper having fed a magnificent lion one evening, neglected to fasten the 

 door of liis de-n. The watcliman, when going his rounds about three tlic 

 next morning, discovered the king of beasts deliberately walking about the 

 yard, and surveying the olijeets with apparent curiosity. Tlic watchman 

 went to call the propi'ictors, and when tliey arrived they found the lion 

 couching u[)oii the top of one of the coaches in the yard. "With very little 

 entreaty the monarch of the forest deigned to descend from his throne, and 

 very graciously followed a young lady, the proprietor's daughter, back to 

 his den. 



The ToiA, ou A.vieihcan Lion {Fclis concolor). (Pee Plate XIII. 

 Cougar.) — Wliy the Puma, and allied species, should be called lions, it is 

 difficult to conceive, as they certainly show very little resemblance to the 



