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from a Lioness near Mount Atlas. They were a 

 male and female ; and till the death of the latter, were 

 kept together in the emperor's garden. He, at that 

 time, had the male constantly in his bed-room, till 

 i,t grew as tall as^a large Mastiff-dog ; and the ani- 

 mal was perfectly tame and gentle in its manners. 

 Being about to return to England, he reluctantly 

 gave it to a Marseilles merchant ; who presented it 

 to the French king, from whom it came as a present 

 to king James ; and, for seven years afterwards, was 

 kept in the Tower. A person of the name of Bull, 

 who had been a servant to Mr. Archer, went by 

 chance with some friends, to see the animals there. 

 The beast recognized him in a moment ; and, by 

 3ais whining voice and motions, expressive of anxiety 

 for him to come near, fully exhibited the symptoms 

 of his joy at meeting with a former friend. Bull, 

 equally rejoiced, ordered the keeper to open the 

 grate ; and he went in. The Lion fawned upon him 

 like a dog, licking-^ his feet, hands, and face ; and 

 skipped and tumbled about, to the astonishment of 

 all the spectators. When the man left the place the 

 animal bellowed aloud, and shook his cage in an ex- 

 tacy of sorrow and rage ; and for four days afterwards 

 refused to take any nourishment whatever *. 



About the year l650, when the plague raged at 

 Naples, Sir George Davis, the English Consul there, 

 retired to Florence. He happened one day from 

 curiosity to visit the Grand-duke's dens. At the 

 farther end of the place, in one of the dens, lay a 



* Smith's Travels, ia Churchill's Coll. ii. 3Q:.. 



