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men who had seen the animal called it the 
camel-tiger, because its colour resembled 
that of the camel.” 
“ They must be a bright set,” said Sidney, 
contemptuously, “to have such a number 
of great animals among them and never see 
them. One can imagine their overlooking 
a bird, or something of that sort; but a 
lion !” 
“They are probably neither very keen 
sportsmen nor profound naturalists; and, 
having seen a large animal which carried 
off cattle, they were content to call it a 
tiger and let it go for that,—like your aunt 
Meredith,, to whom every species of insect 
is either a bug or a butterfly.” 
“How large is this maneleSs lion?” asked 
Annie. 
“There is not much difference, in that 
respect, between them and their African 
cousins, except that the lion of Gujerat is 
rounder and more bulky in body and has 
shorter legs. The tail is also much shorter. 
A male maneless lion, killed by Captain 
Smee, was eight feet nine inches in 
length, including the tail, and was three 
feet six inches high, weighing when the 
