A DESCRIPTION OF 
THE LIONESS AND CUBS. 
THE LIONESS is in all her dimensions about one-third less 
than the male ; and she has no mane. She has generally 
two cubs at a time, which are born blind, like kittens, 
which they greatly resemble, though they are as large as 
a pug-dog, when born. When quite young, they are 
striped and spotted, but these marks soon disappear; they 
also at first mew like a cat, and do not begin to roar till 
they are about eighteen months old. About the same time, 
the mane begins to appear on the males, and soon after 
the tuft of hair on the tail, though the animal is generally 
five or six years before it attains its full size. 
The Lioness, though naturally less strong, less cou- 
rageous, and less mischievous than the Lion, becomes ter- 
