THE LION. 



animals to betake themfelves to flight ; but as, according to univerfal report, 

 lie always puts his mouth to the ground when he roars, the found is equally 

 diffufed in all directions, fo that it is impoflible to afcertain from what 

 quarter it proceeds ; the poor animals, therefore, arefo affrighted and teafed, 

 that they fly about in every direction, and frequently run to the very fpot 

 they ought to fliun, and become the eafy prey of the animal they are fo 

 anxious to avoid. Dogs and cattle betray a confcioufnefs of the vicinity of 

 a Lion, whether he roars or not. Dr. Sparrman fays, in this fltuation his 

 .Hounds did not venture to bark, but kept quite clofe to the Hottentots; his 

 Oxen and Horfes flghed deeply, frequently hanging back, and pulling flowly 

 with all their might at the ftrong ftraps with which they were tied up to the 

 waggon. They alfo laid down on the ground and flood up alternately, as if 

 they did not know what to do with themfelves; and this, as he obferves, 

 from pure inftinct, having never feen a Lion in their lives. 



The Lion is not very ferviceable when dead ; his hide is much inferior to 

 that of the Cow, and feldom ufed, unlefs to fupply the want of a better. The 

 farmers near the Cape of Good Hope fometimes ufe it as upper-leathers -for 

 their fhoes, and fay it is both pliable and lafting. 



