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    36 A^GEKINB NO TES.

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    ¦ » The Wild Boae.

    black cassock and a large brimmed hat , was to- Mm an unknown enemy . Very often lions are found lying near a man or an ox

    _watching without harming them . The explanation is , they are not hungry and wait for an appetite ; that is . all their so-called

    generosity . _^ Iiions are tamable . I have seen more than twenty in -Algeria

    which might be considered domestic animals , yet it is dangerous to trust too much in them . Sooner or later their bloody instincts

    are suddenly awakened ,, and then they become savage . In 1840 a lioness at Algiers having always shown a good temper was left free

    in a yard . She played with dogs , men , or children ; one day she caught a pigeon with her paw and swallowed it . A boy of twelve

    years some moments after came near her . She seized him , placed him under Her pawsand began to lick him with a countenance

    indicating that she was , on the point of devouring him . Some bystanders cried to the boy"Do not stir ; feign to be dead [" Other

    , persons called to the soldiers who fed her and they rescued the boy . From this time the lioness was enclosed in a cage .

    Some years ago a Marabout ( an Islamite saint ) exhibited at Algiers a tame lion tied with a ribbon ; he pretended to be

    respected hy the wild beast on account of his saintsMp , and he received numerous gifts from the Mussulmans in consequence . Some weeks

    while after , we passing heard through he had a fore been st . killed and devoured by his disci '" ¦ p " le ' ,

    _, :.... General Marey , ; at Medea , had for some years ¦; a . beautiful lion which had been reared with a ram . They lay down and played

    together , and when the ram was wearied with play he butted the lion .: The horses who were accustomed to be in the same stable

    were good friends with him . The lion was three or four years old and had never shown any signs of ferocity , but it came to pass that

    one morning the lion uttered a dreadful roar , without any apparent noticeand springing on the ram strangled it and began to devour

    it . The , soldiers of the stable camebut the lion menaced them , and . they were forced to leave him , to devour his victim . Being ,

    satiated , he was quiet for some hours after , but General Marey , fearing new accidents , ordered him to be enclosed in a cage , and gave

    hjm to Charles Albert , King of Piedmont . ' THE HYJENA . _' . ' _" ¦¦ ¦ ' ,. _^

    The hysena of Algeria and the whole of Barbary belongs to the striped variety . Its character is a mixture of cowardice and courage .

    Sometimes it allows itself to be bound and drawn out of its den without resistancebut oftenif it meets a maninstead of _retreating it

    marches resolutel , y again , st him . Its _/ ood consists , of roots and'dead bodies ; it is very fond of donkeysgoatsand sheep ; it is tamable

    , , and as capable of attachment as a dog , notwithstanding ; its ugly

    and malevolent aspect . Old _hycenas often become _Tblind , and _some-

    36 A^Gekinb No Tes.

    36 A _^ _GEKINB NO TES .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 36, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/36/