ROYAL BENGAL TIGER. 
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great lion named “Pompey,” which, died in the Tower of Lon- 
don in 1760, was known to he in that historic “ institution” over 
seventy years, and another one died in the same place some years 
since at the age of sixty-three. 
The attachment of the lioness to her young is manifested to a 
remarkable degree. She usually conceals her cubs in retired and 
inaccessible places, and, when afraid of her retreat being dis- 
covered, endeavors to hide her track by brushing the ground with 
her tail. 
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER. 
/^^he Tiger is one of the most destructive and rapacious of the 
1 1 . carnivorous animals. Its thirst for blood is insatiable, and 
is the most cruel and fierce of its species ; however much 
glutted with slaughter, he will not desist in the work of destruc- 
tion so long as a single object remains, — flocks and herds fall in- 
discriminate victims to his rapacity ; he fears not the opposition 
of man, whom he too often makes his prey — in fact, he prefers 
human flesh to that of any other animal. As his name indicates, 
this tiger is a native of Asia, but is met with in greater numbers 
in the East Indies than in any other part of this great division: of 
the globe. In fact, they are so numerous in the remote parts ? 
that often whole districts have to be abandoned, so much is his 
approach dreaded by the natives, who call him the man stealer ; 
and, for the purpose of his extermination, immense hunts are 
organized, composed of elephants, and large bodies of horse and 
