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more powerful voice than that of South Africa, which Livingstone 
alone refers to. If this supposition he correct, it may reconcile 
all difference of opinions. 
It is in spring that the Lion seeks a mate, and when an 
alliance is formed they show themselves most devoted to one 
another. Until the female has young, the Lioness follows her 
lord everywhere, and most frequently the male is charged with 
Fig. 187. — Persian or Arabian Lion, 
