| Show THE blace BLACK LION llon OF olp NORTHERN AFRICA there are three varieties of lion lioa in aleria al algeria eria erla the black the gray and the tawny the glack black lion is not so numerous nor quite so large as the others but his head is nobler his chest broader his limbs stronger attig altogether gether mether he is ia the most formidable animal his mane alone is black long iong thick terrible the rest of his robe is of a tawny hue I 1 deepening dee p ening at the ends and fringes into brown the gray and tawny varieties differ on only onix I 1 from the black in the color of their mane an and 1 as before said they are a little larger and not so thickset thick set the former varieties too lead a wandering life like most beasts of the the forest but the black lion having havin established himself in comfortable for table quarters often abides there for thirty years ile he rarely descends to attack the douard or villages but does not extend this forbearance to the herds chich which he takes care domeet to meet on their return at evenin evening from pasture in summer time too when the days says are long iong I 1 on he leaves his den at sunset and posts himself by the side of a mountain path in wait for belated travelers the roar of the lion as gerard gerani the french lion hunter first heard it is worth description after waiting for an hour the first grumbl ings reached his ear as if the lion were talking to himself and these grew louder londer and louder till the very roof of the hunters hiding place trembled at the sound bound the roa rings 0 were not very frequent sometimes a quarter of or an hour or more elapsed between each they began with a sort of sigh deep and guttural yet so rr 01 gd that tha it must have cost cu P T r th a sigh was succeeded by f r a few seconds and then came a growl prowl fro tro I 1 tl chest weib x apel m t issam isow closed lips and sv s k i n i rb cb h ti s T 3 1 1 bead beginning i nning in a k llly I 1 y bag hag ba ahti 9 i t L u rose higher and ton ion i r til lil the ro 11 ir lr h t i in in all its tta gran aran deur ai ald aid d 3 need the lion always roal boais s the arabs call it raa ra 1 I inder and brinly nothing cothin ff earth earthly c compare colip ire irb avith it thi il rt A kf a it 11 is i 0 more awe IQ ili it tian fi in ji a i i hot shot is is aj L t e sour sot soi t a of a 32 po in 11 i T J ine iott iia ila i a error F s ch eh a roar mis must i hsi isi si abard in in u i lonely mountain i passa s jn nd n w ti der the bl i sais baig N Y |
