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use. But Sammy had unconsciously given 
his keen-eyed trainer an idea; and the next 
time the little premonitory tremor ran along 
Caesar's knotted muscles, the man grabbed 
his ear. Again Caesar slunk down into sub- 
mission ; and after that the solution of the 
problem was plain. It is safe to say that 
with not another lion in a hundred would 
such a mode of treatment have had the 
slightest effect. 
All of which only goes to show of how 
little value are theories, in regard to this 
most risky of businesses — lion training — 
unless founded upon facts which may be 
gained only by experience. One is forever 
discovering something new ; something that, 
had he not met with cases to the full as 
strange, he would have set down as incred- 
ible. Evidences of almost human intelli- 
gence, of what is near akin to reasoning 
power, of a putting together of cause and 
effect; instances of cold-blooded treach- 
ery, of gallant defence, of pronounced affec- 
tion and equally pronounced hate; philo- 
sophical endurance, sullen submission, sav- 
WAITING FOR THEIR CUES. 
