. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . s is smaller than her mate andwithout a mane. She bears from two to four cubs at a litter, whichnative hunters often steal to sell to the dealers in wild beasts whosupply the menageries, for the capture of a full-grown lion is rarelyeffected. The sire and dam both w-atch over their young, and trainthem to hunt prey. Thus young lions are more destru
. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . s is smaller than her mate andwithout a mane. She bears from two to four cubs at a litter, whichnative hunters often steal to sell to the dealers in wild beasts whosupply the menageries, for the capture of a full-grown lion is rarelyeffected. The sire and dam both w-atch over their young, and trainthem to hunt prey. Thus young lions are more destructive than oldones; the former kill for the sake of killing, the latter only to satisfyhunger and provide for their mates and her cubs. THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS OF PREY 217 Lions gciicrallv lie in wait for their i)rey, concealed in the reedsnear some place where other animals come to drink, and then, spring-ing from their lair, leap ii])on the victim, striking it down wath thepaws. The neck is nsuallv l)roken with a violent wa-ench of thepowerful jaws, and the carcass is carried off to he devoured at lion does not disdain the flesh of animals killed hy the Gumming frequently saw^ lions feeding on antelopes that had. THE HUNTERS ADVENTURE WITH A LION fallen hy his rifle; and Stevens, who w^as sent hy the New YorkHerald to find Stanley, saw three bunched up inside the capaciouscarcass of a rhinoceros, and feeding off the foulest carrion pressed by hunger the lion will approach a native village bynight and carry off goats and calves, but fires and torches will scarehim away. The lion has been called the king of beasts, and a good deal has 2i8 THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS OF PREY been written about his courage and magnanimity. The former hasbeen exaggerated; the latter he does not possess. He will generallyfight savagely if brought to bay, and the lioness, when with cubs, isstill more dangerous; but as a general rule, the king of beasts, ifno
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