SPECTES OF THE LION. 
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of Lis teeth remaining, and yet the manes of both 
were similar—that is blackish. 
Besides the so called black and yellow-maned 
lion, the Anna Zulu Caffirs, whose opinions 
are by no means to be despised, distinguish 
between the grey or white, the red and the 
grey-necked lion (called by the Boers the blue¬ 
necked), which they say is peculiarly savage; and, 
in addition, both hunters and natives make mention 
of a maneless lion. 
In Damora-land again, the inhabitants speak of 
two kinds of lion. One of a whitish hue, maneless and 
very long in the body, and hence designated by them 
the Onkyama Ombashe , that is the lion-giraffe; and 
the other as of a brownish, or of the usual tawny 
colour, short in the body, and of a fierce disposition. 
This they call Onkyama Okornba . 
But the late Sir Cornwallis Harris (then captain), 
who, as the reader may be aware, spent some time 
in Southern Africa on a shooting excursion, alto¬ 
gether gainsays the notion of two species of lions 
being found there; for, after telling us “ that, with 
the exception of the mane of the African lion being 
often larger and of a finer texture than that of the 
Indian, attributable probably to the less jungly 
nature of the country it infests, and to the more 
advanced age to which it is allowed to attain, it is 
in every respect (and often in this respect also), 
precisely similar to that found in Guzerat in India.” 
He goes on to say, cc But I need hardly inform the 
well-instructed reader that both the colour and the 
size depend chiefly upon the animal’s age, the 
