. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . d equally unexpected on both sides,and both parties made a dead halt, earnestly gazing on each gentleman had no firearms, and was aware that a sword would beno effective defence in a struggle for life with such an antagonist!But he had heard that even the Bengal tiger might be sometimes check-ed by looking him firmly in the face. He did so: in a few minutes,the tiger, which appeared prepared to make his final spring, grew dis-turbed— slunk aside — and
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . d equally unexpected on both sides,and both parties made a dead halt, earnestly gazing on each gentleman had no firearms, and was aware that a sword would beno effective defence in a struggle for life with such an antagonist!But he had heard that even the Bengal tiger might be sometimes check-ed by looking him firmly in the face. He did so: in a few minutes,the tiger, which appeared prepared to make his final spring, grew dis-turbed— slunk aside — and attempted to creep round upon him officer turned constantly upon the tiger, which still continued to shrinkfrom his glance ; but darting into the thicket, and again issuing forth at adifferent quarter, it persevered for above half an hour in this attempt tocatch him by surprise; till at last it fairly yielded to the contest, and leftthe gentleman to pursue his pleasure walk. The direction he now took, asmay be easily believed, was straight to the tents, at double quick time. 16S MAMMALIA —LION. THE BENGAL The uniformity of his color is one characteristic which distinguishes from his congeners of the feline race. Except in his young state, whenthere is an appearance of stripes, he is of a pale tawny above, which be-comes somewhat lighter beneath. A second mark is, the long and flowingmane of the full grown male, which, commencing nearly at the root of hisnose, extends backwards over his shoulders, and gracefully undulates oneach side of his face and neck. A third is, a long and blackish tuft of hairswhich terminates his tail. In size, the Asiatic lion rarely equals the south-ern African. He is of a more uniform and pale yellow, and has a peculiarappendage in the long hairs which begin beneath the neck, and occupy thewhole of the middle line of the body below. The lioness has no mane, is of smaller size than the lion, more slenderlyand delicately m
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