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Were males, they never disagreed, or 
^^iiifested any signs of ferocity towards the 
race. Even lambs passed them with- 
molestation. The sultan had also two 
lions, which, with their attendant, always 
'^^me into the market to feed. 
'^he lion is a long-lived animal. Buffon 
^'^^culated that the duration of his life might 
. ® ^bont twenty-five years ; but we know that 
Sometimes extends, even in eonfinement, to 
^^Uch longer period. The great lion, ealled 
f°^pey, which died in the Tower in 1760, 
been there above seventy years, and an- 
died in the same place at the age of 
^^^fy-three. 
