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many cubs appear to die while still very young. Lions breed freely in captivity, 
but not so readily in some menageries as in others. Thus, whereas in the London 
Zoological Gardens the number of cubs bred and reared is comparatively small, in 
those at Dublin it is very large; and many of the lions exhibited in various 
menageries have been reared at the latter establishment. It is a curious fact that 
lion cubs are born with their eyes fully open. 
THE MANELESS LION FROM SENEGAL (Jj nat. size). 
When caught young, lions are easily tamed, and the whole disposition of the 
animal in captivity is much more gentle than is that of the tiger. 
That adult lions will combine to attack large animals that they would find it 
difficult or impossible to overcome unaided, is now well ascertained. The best 
known instance is one observed by Major Vardon and Mr. Oswell in South Africa, 
when three full-grown males united their efforts in endeavouring to pull down an 
old buffalo. When first observed the four animals were engaged in a terrific 
combat, the final issue of which might have been doubtful, had it not been termin¬ 
ated by the sudden death of the buffalo from the effects of a bullet-wound it had 
previously received from the rifle of one of the witnesses. No sooner, however, did 
