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admiration commonly experienced by us on witnessing 

 any of the grand and tremendous operations of nature. 

 When in the act of seizing his prey in a natural state, the 

 deep thundering tone of the roar is heightened into a horrid 

 scream, which accompanies the fatal leap on the unhappy 

 victim. This power of voice is said to be useful to the ani- 

 mal in hunting, as the weaker sort, appalled by it, flee 

 from their hiding-places, in which alone they might find se- 

 curity, as the Lion does not hunt by scent, and seek for it 

 in ineffectual flight, which generally exposes them to the 

 sight of their enemy, and, consequently, to certain death. 



The Lion is capable of carrying off, with ease, a horse, a 

 heifer, or a buffalo. The mode of its attack is generally 

 by surprise, approaching slowly and silently, till within a 

 leap of the predestined animal, on which it then springs, 

 or throws itself with a force, which is thought, in general, 

 to deprive its victim of life before the teeth are employed. 

 It is said, this blow will divide the spine of a horse, and 

 that the power of its teeth and jaws will break the largest 

 bones. 



The Asiatic variety of the Lion is of a uniform yellow- 

 colour. The mane, which is more scanty than in the Afri- 

 can variety, is also entirely yellow. In physiognomy, as 

 well as character, they seem to agree, but the Asiatic is 

 rather the smaller of the two. 



The existence of the Lion in south-eastern Asia has not 

 been long ascertained. Two young officers of the 8th 

 light dragoons, during one of the campaigns in India, 

 when out one morning on a hunting excursion, and having 

 quitted their Elephants, were walking near a jungle ; one 

 who was more experienced in the country than his compa- 

 nion, suddenly observed a recent track, of what he took to 

 be a Tiger ; instantly looking back towards the jungle, they 

 hastened forward in the direction of it, and in the middle 

 of a field, found the mangled remains of aNyl-ghau, (Anti- 

 lope picta et Trago Camelus). They were surprised to ob- 



