CONTENTS 
THE LION. 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION—PLACES WHERE THE LION IS FOUND—LION HUNTS 
IN AFRICA AED IN ASIA—DISTINCT SPECIES—NUMEROUS IN 
SOUTHERN AFRICA—DESCRIPTION OF THE LION AND LIONESS— 
THE FACULTIES OF THESE ANIMALS—THE LION’S ROAR—SIZE 
AND WEIGHT—IMMENSE STRENGTH COMPARED WITH THAT OF 
THE BENGAL TIGER — DOGS VERSUS THE LION — THE LION’S 
PACES . . . , . . . . .3 
CHAPTER II. 
NATURE OF THE LION’S PREY—SAID TO EAT HIS MATE—DESTRUC¬ 
TIVE TO CATTLE—THE LION A “ MAN-EATER ”—THE WHITE MAN 
VERSUS THE BLACK—NATIVES COMPELLED TO LIVE IN TREES— 
MANNER IN WHICH THE LION SEIZES HIS PREY—THE LION’S 
BOUND—THE WOUNDS HE INFLICTS—FOOT OF THE LION—HIS 
GLUTTONY—FAMILIARITY OF INFERIOR ANIMALS WITH HIM— 
THE LION’S FLESH—AGE TO WHICH HE ATTAINS—ATTEMPTS 
SUICIDE .. . , . , . . .21 
