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Lions, which have protected and fostered Dogs, and but a 

 single one of the Tiger exhibiting a similar kindness of 

 disposition. 



In a state of confinement, they have frequently shown un- 

 equivocal marks of gratitude and affection toward their 

 feeder and keeper, as in the case mentioned by Seneca, of 

 which he was personally witness, of a Lion, to whom a 

 man, who had formerly been his keeper, was exposed for 

 destruction in the amphitheatre at Rome, and who was not 

 only instantly recognised, but defended and protected by the 

 grateful beast. Indeed, those animals which are exhibited 

 as public shows, when they have been for some time accus- 

 tomed to restraint, will, in general, not only become obe- 

 dient to their feeder and keeper, but even show a consider- 

 able degree of liking toward him, though, in such cases, it 

 is necessary for the man to exercise caution and discretion, 

 and not to expose himself to the animal when feeding, or 

 when its irritability is at all excited. 



The keeper of a Lion, which was exhibited about the 

 country, at fairs, a few years ago, was in the habit of put- 

 ting his head into the mouth of the beast, having previously 

 put on a worsted cap, to defend himself from being lace- 

 rated by the animal's tongue ; and Major Smith has seen a 

 young man stand upon a lioness, drag her round the cage 

 by the tail, open her jaws, and thrust his head between her 

 teeth. 



" A keeper of wild beasts, at New York," says the Major, 

 " had provided himself, on the approach of winter, with a 

 fur cap. The novelty of this costume attracted the notice 

 of the Lion, which, making a sudden grapple, tore the cap 

 off his head, as he passed the cage ; but perceiving that 

 the keeper was the person whose head he had thus un- 

 covered, he immediately laid 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 clean- 



