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BARBARY LION. 
the survival of the fittest, and both by inheritance and 
observation he knows that a lion who needlessly exposes 
himself in the field captures the smallest amount of game, 
and attracts the greatest number of steel-tipped bullets. 
Although Lions vary greatly in their color, and in the 
length of the mane, it is conceded by naturalists that only 
one species exists. In the same district and under precisely 
similar conditions are found short-maned and long-maned 
individuals, and all shades of color from tawny yellow to 
dark brown. The present geographic range of the species 
is from Southern Rhodesia to Persia and northwestern 
India, but in northern Egypt there is a large extent of 
territory which is lionless. 
By reason of his heavy mane and massive countenance, 
supported by the grandest roar that issues from throat of 
beast, the Lion appears to be a larger animal than he really 
is. It is yet an unsettled question whether it exceeds the 
tiger in length, height or weight, and it is certainly true 
that in point of size these two species are very evenly 
matched. 
In captivity, the Lion is reasonably contented, and under 
good conditions breeds readily, and lives a goodly numb:r 
of years. 5 
4The Siberian Tiger—Strange to say, the tiger ranges 
far to the northward of its proper home in Hindustan, even 
to Corea, Manchuria and Russian Siberia. In those cold 
