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equally fierce, rapacious, and artful. At the head of 



this numerous clafs we {hall place 



The LION, 



which is eminently diftinguifhed from the reft, as well 

 in fize and ftrength, as by his large and flowing mane. 



This animal is produced in Africa, and the hotter! 

 parts of Afia. It is found in the greateft numbers in the 

 fcorched and defolate regions of the torrid zone, in the 

 deferts of Zaara and Biledulgerid, and in all the interior 

 parts of the vaft continent of Africa. In thefe defert re- 

 gions, from whence mankind are driven by the rigorous 

 heat of the climate, this animal reigns fole mailer: Its 

 difpofition feems to partake of the ardour of its native 

 foil: Inflamed by the influence of a burning fun, its rage 

 is mod tremerfdous, and its courage undaunted. HappU 



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