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Chapters on Animals. 



sary, and that any one who had the genuine gift of courage 

 could safely enter the cage along with him. " For example, 

 you yourself, sir," added the lion-tamer, " if you have the 

 sort of courage I mean, may go into the cage with me 

 whenever you like." On this my friend, who has a fine 

 intellectual coolness and unbounded scientific curiosity, 

 willingly accepted the offer, and paid a visit to their 

 majesties the lions in the privacy of their own apartment. 

 They received him with the politeness due to a brave man, 

 and after an agreeable interview of several minutes he 

 backed out of the royal presence with the gratified feel- 

 ings of a gentleman who has just been presented at court. 



Bengal Tiger. 



Pen drawing by E. H. SaunderSj after Ernest van Muyden. 



