| Show how the lion woos his bride let ul us first sketch the story of the lions life beginning with his marriage which takes place towards the tho endom january he lias has first to seek his wife but as its the tile males are far more abundant than the female who are often cut osin otin off in infancy itis it is not rare rara to find a young ayoung lady pestered by addresses add reses of three or four gallants who who quarrel with the of jealous lovers if one of them does not succeed iu in disabling or driving away the other madam impatient and dissatisfied leals theila in the presence afan of an old lion 9 whose roar she lias has app appreciated at a distance th the lovers fly at him with the tha temerity of youth and and exasperation tile the old fellow receives them with calm assur assurance assurances ances ancel breaks the neck of the first wl with it I 1 his terrible jaws smashes the leg of the second and tears out the eyes orthe of the third no sooner is the tha day won and the field clear than thin the lion tosses his main in the air as lie roars and then crouches by the side of the tho lady who a as a reward for his courage licks his liia wounds gouni caressingly when two adult lions are tha the rivals the encounter is more serious an arab perched pem per in a tree one night 7 saw a lioness followed by a tawny lion with full grown mane she lay down at the foot of the tree the 1 lion stopped on gal MIS Ill fath eath and ana seemed to li listen steno the arab then heard tile tila distinct growling of a lion which w a instantly replied to by did tild lioness under the ilia tree 1 thi I ilis ills made her tier husband roar furiously the distant lion was heard leard approach ing and as he ile came nearer the tile lioness roared louder which seemed to agitate her liar lius ilus husband band for he lie marched towards her as if to force her to be silent and slid then sprang back to his liis old post rearing defiance at his ilia distant rival this continued for about an hour when a bick bisck lion made his appearance on oil the plain the tile lioness arose as if to go towards liim film but her husband guessing her intention bounded towards ills ilis the two crouched and aud sprang on each other rolling on the tiie grass in the embrace of death their 7 heir bones cracked their flesh was torn their cries of rage and agbay rent the air and all this time the tile lioness crouch erouches rd and aped wred her tail in lit signs of or satisfaction when tile the co combat rabat ended and both warriors were stretched on the thep plain iain laiu slie tha rose smelt them SH tined fied herself that they were wera dea dand trotted off quite regardless of the uncomplimentary epithet which the tile indignant arab shouted after iles lies he this tilis gerard tells tell us j in a example of the conjugal fideli fidelity lyof of milady U whereas ie as i tile the lion never quits quite his wife wire unless forced boand is quite a pattern of conjugal attentions west I 1 minister review |
