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LION. 
assure us that his anger is noble,, his courage 
magnanimous, and his disposition grateful. He 
has been often seen to despise contemptible ene- 
mies, and pardon their insults, when it was in his 
power to punish them. He has been seen to spare 
the lives of such as were thrown to be devoured 
by him, to live peaceably with them, to afford 
them a part of his subsistence, and sometimes 
to want food hiuiself, rather than deprive them 
of that life which his generosity had spared. 
In the reign of king James I. Mr. Henry 
Archer, a watchmaker in Morocco, had two whelps 
given him, which had been stolen, not long before, 
from a lioness near Mount Atlas. They were a 
male and female ; and till the death of the latter, 
were kept together in the emperor's garden. He, 
at that time had the male constantly in his bed- 
room, till it grew as tall as a large mastiff-dog ; 
and the animal was perfectly tame and gentle in 
its manners. Being about to return to England, 
he reluctantly gave it to a Marseilles merchant ; 
who presented it to the French king, from whom 
it came as a present to king James ; and, for 
seven years afterwards, was kept in the tower. A 
person of the name of Bull, who had been a servant 
to Mr. Archer, went by chance, with some friends, 
to see the animals there. The beast recognized 
him in a moment ; and by his whining voice and 
motions, expressive of anxiety for him to come 
near, fully exhibited the symptoms of his joy at 
meeting with a former friend. Bull, equally re- 
joiced, ordered the keeper to open the grate, 
and he went in. The lion fawned upon him like 
a dog, licking his feet, hands, and face ; and 
skipped and tumbled about, to the astonishment 
of all the spectators. When the man left the 
place, the animal bellowed aloud, and shook bis 
cage in an extaey of sorrow and rasre ; and for 
