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THE LIONESS. ! 
The lioness differs from her mate in ! 
having a mane, in the comparative smalln^®'* 
of her head, and the more slender proportioi'* 
of her body. Assisted by the lion, she nurs^’ 
her cubs with the greatest care and assiduh)' 
and accompanies them in their first excursion^ 
for plunder. 
It is asserted that the lioness occasion# 
manifests symptoms of jealousy, as an instan^^^ 
of which the following anecdote is related ! 
In the beginning of the last century, a 
and lioness were kept in the menagerie of 
landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, in two cages, clos' 
to each other, separated by a single grating' 
and communicating by means of a door, whi^^*' 
could be opened whenever it was though’* i 
proper to let the two animals be togeth^*^' ' 
