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cessary to have a stick in his hand. He does not 

 pay the same respect to animals that come in Iiis 

 way. A soldier who some time ago visited the Me- 

 nagerie of the Tower, brought along with him a 

 small terrier Dog. The fellow ridiculously held him 

 up to the den of the Hysena ; and on seeing the ani- 

 mal, the Dog was irritated, barked at him, and in 

 his rage thrust his head between the bars. The 

 furious beast sprung upon him, dragged him through 

 into the den and almost in an instant devoured him. 

 The keeper says that it is a very difficult thing 

 to liit his animal through the bars of his den with a 

 stick. His activity and strength arc so great that 

 he always seizes it in his teeth. 



THE LION *. 



■The Lion, in confinement, is usually allowed 

 about four pounds weight of raw flesli for his daily 

 subsistence ; and he seldom laps more than a quart 

 of water in the day. However gentle and docile 

 these animals may have been rendered by their keep- 

 ers, no one can approach them during the time they 

 arc feeding, without almost a certainty of their 

 avenging the interruption. Even wheie the ani- 

 mals have become attached to Dogs that have been 

 put into their dens, it has been generally considered 

 necessary to separate them when the Lions were fed. 

 A Lioness in the Tower would allow a Dog to eat 

 with her, buL not without occasional signs of dis- 

 pleasure. None of the animals can on an.y account 



* Sec vol. i. p. 262. 



