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fifted in their being mine. But when I urged 
to him, that they were prefented on account 
of the death of the Uonefs, and that this death 
was his work, he no longer hefitated to accept 
them. 
This feaft was the more agreeable, as, in 
part, it confifted of the animal v/hich had oc- 
cafioned fo much deftrudion. I had certainly 
not the fame defire for its flefh as the reft of the 
guefts ; yet I was induced to tafte, but found it 
inferior to that of the tiger. 
After the repaft came the amufements. The 
company danced and fung all night ; and their 
revelry, which did not allow me a moment's 
fleep, ferved alfo to remind me of the Nemean. 
fports. 
During the night I heard nothing either of 
the lion or the whelps : but this I afcribed to 
the noify mirth of my favages ; and indeed 
had ail the lions of the country alTembled \n 
the thicket to roar in concert, I know not 
whether their voices would not have been 
drowned in the uproar of the feaft. There 
was another reafon, however, for this filence. 
The male, affrighted by the dangers he had 
run, availed himfelf of the darknefs of the 
night 
