ORDER CARNASSIER. 449 



pensate by the figures. These show them at three months 

 old, and we have added figures of the young, both of Lions 

 and Tigers, that they may be compared with this singular 

 breed. 



The young of the Lion are calculated to deceive an in- 

 experienced observer, from the fact of their being striped 

 transversely, so as to induce the opinion, at first sight, that 

 they rather belong to the Tiger, and, in this respect, the 

 cubs in question agreed with those of the Lion. In the 

 young Lions, however, these stripes soon become obliterated, 

 but in those before us, they appear to be getting more de- 

 cided and permanent, and, in fact, to be assuming the perma- 

 nent Tigrine character. Our Mules, in common with ordi- 

 nary Lions, were born without any traces of a mane, or of 

 a tuft at the end of the tail. Their fur, in general, was 

 rather woolly ; the external ear was pendant toward the 

 extremity ; the nails were constantly out, and not cased in 

 the sheath ; and, in these particulars, they agreed with the 

 common cubs of Lions. Their colour was dirty-yellow or 

 blanket-colour ; but from the nose over the head, along the 

 back, and upper side of the tail, the colour was much darker, 

 and, on these parts, the transverse stripes were stronger, and 

 the forehead was covered with obscure spots, slighter indica- 

 tions of which appeared also on other parts of the body. 

 The shape of the head, as appears by the figures, is assi- 

 milated to that of the father (the Lion) ; the superficies, of 

 the body, on the other hand, is like that of the Tigress. 



In our collection of drawings, are three figures from a 

 curious and unique specimen, which was for some months 

 in the possession of Mr. Polito, at Exeter 'Change. Major 

 Smith also took a hasty sketch from the same; and Mr. 

 Landseer made another. We have engraved this animal 

 from the last mentioned drawing, under the name of the 

 Nebulose or Clouded Tiger, in reference to the peculiarity 

 of the spots or rather patches, which covered its skin. It 



