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CONTENTS, 
CHAPTER III. 
THE LION MONOGAMOUS—HIS GALLANTRY TO HIS MATE—LOVE AND 
GALLANTRY AMONG LIONS—THE LIONESS A JILT—COMBATS OP 
RIVAL SUITORS—THE PAIRING SEASON—PERIOD OF GESTATION— 
THE CUBS—THEIR SIZE, APPEARANCE, AND COLOUR—DISPARITY 
IN THE NUMBER OF THE SEXES—THE YOUNG LION’S APPRENTICE¬ 
SHIP-DEPRIVING THE LIONESS OF HER CUBS . . 40 
CHAPTER IV. 
DARING OF THE LION—SENTINEL CARRIED OFF BY A LION— 
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY — TWO FORMIDABLE “MAN-EATERS” — 
BUSHMAN KILLED BY A LION—UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF A 
“ MAN-KILLER”—BENEFIT CONFERRED ON THE CHILDREN OF 
THE DESERT BY THE DEATH OF THE LION—APPALLING CATAS¬ 
TROPHE-IRRUPTION OF A LION INTO A KRAAL—DARING SHOT 
OF A LION-HUNTER—AUDACITY OF THE LION. . . 51 
CHAPTER V. 
INFLUENCE OF THE HUMAN EYE UPON THE LION—DIEDRICH 
MULLER—GERT SCHEPER’S ENCOUNTER WITH A LION—MOF- 
FATT—POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE OVER THE MONARCH OF 
BEASTS—THE ALGERIAN ARABS—GORDON CUMMING IN DANGER 
—THE LION AFRAID OF RUSES—CUNNING OF THE LION—ILLUS¬ 
TRATIONS FROM GREEN, CUMMING, MOFFATT . . 75 
CHAPTER Ylr 
DAY AND NIGHT HAUNTS OF THE LION—THE LION AND LAMB 
LYING DOWN TOGETHER—LIONS HUNTING IN COMPANY—AD¬ 
VENTURE IN PURSUIT OF GNOOS—THE LION’S PREY—BRINGING 
DOWN THE GIRAFFE—A PRECONCERTED PLOT—DOMESTICATION 
OF THE LION—AN UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER FOR THE BUTCHERS 
—CAPACITY FOR INSTRUCTION—RESPECT FOR HIS KEEPER— 
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TEMPER IN CONFINEMENT—SCANDINAVIAN LYNX. 
