92 THE TOWER MENAGERIE. 
northern hemisphere, of which only very small portions 
are exempted from his ravages. He is easily tamed 
when young, and may even (according to M. F. Cuvier, 
who has published a history of a domesticated individual 
bordering in many particulars very closely on the mar- 
vellous, but of the truth of which the well known 
character of that scientific naturalist is a sufficient gua- 
rantee) be rendered susceptible of the highest degree of 
attachment to his master, whom he will remember after 
prolonged and repeated absence, and caress with all the 
familiar fondness of a dog. Such traits as this are, 
however, to say the least, very uncommon; and he is, 
even in captivity, generally speaking, ill tempered and 
morose. The old male, the father of the litter now in 
the Tower, was extremely savage; the female, on the 
contrary, is very tame, and, which is more remarkable, 
continued so even during the period of suckling her 
young, which were five in number. Neither before, at, 
nor after this period did her temper undergo any change: 
she suffered her keepers to handle her cubs, of which 
she was excessively fond, and even to remove them from 
the den, without evincing the smallest symptom either 
of anger or alarm. 
