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night and the next day; and some hopes began to 

 be entertained that it would be permitted to share 

 the apartment with the noble animal in quiet. But 

 on the m.orning following the second night, it was 

 found dead. The Lion had not. however, attempted 

 to devour it, for the skin was not in the least lace- 

 rated ; but v;hen this was stripped off, there were on 

 each side of the body the evident marks of his teeth. 

 — In another instance, of a similar kind, a Cat had 

 accidentally crept among the straw of his bed-place, 

 but the moment he discovered her, he sprang upon 

 and destroyed her. in this case also he left the body 

 undevoured. 



The Lions in the Tower generally begin to roar 

 in the evening just before the night closes in. A 

 Lioness that ivas bred in the Tower, regularly roars 

 at six o'clock in the evening through both winter 

 and summer. This is almiost always within five 

 minutes, one way or the other, of the striking of 

 the clock. This practise is supposed to have ori- 

 ginated in winter, and from the noise of the drains^ 

 which, during that part of the year, always beat at six 

 o'clock. It is, however, somewhat strange that she 

 should have continued this exactly at the same hour 

 through the whole year, since, for several months, 

 the drums arc not beat till eight o'clock. These 

 animals usually roar on the approach of rainy wea- 

 ther ; and much more on Sunday than any oilier 

 days, from the circumstance of their being then al- 

 most entirely by themselves. 



The value of a full grown Lion in this country, 



