Children's own library . PLYING SQUIRREL. 22 woods natural history One of the most striking things connected with theLion is his voice, which is extremely grand and pecul-iarly striking. It consists, at times, of a low deepmoaning, repeated five or six times, ending in faintlyaudible sighs ; at other times he startles the forest withloud, deep-toned, solemn roars, repeated five or sixtimes in quick succession, each increasing in loudness. THE BENGAL TIGER to the third or fourth, when his voice dies away in fiveor six low, muffled sounds, very much resembling dis-tant thunder. At times a troop
Children's own library . PLYING SQUIRREL. 22 woods natural history One of the most striking things connected with theLion is his voice, which is extremely grand and pecul-iarly striking. It consists, at times, of a low deepmoaning, repeated five or six times, ending in faintlyaudible sighs ; at other times he startles the forest withloud, deep-toned, solemn roars, repeated five or sixtimes in quick succession, each increasing in loudness. THE BENGAL TIGER to the third or fourth, when his voice dies away in fiveor six low, muffled sounds, very much resembling dis-tant thunder. At times a troop may be heard roarmgin concert, one assuming the lead, and two, three, orfour more regularly taking up their parts like personssinging a catch. Lions who have once tasted humanflesh are the most to be dreaded, as they will even ven-ture to spring in among a company of men and seizetheir victim. These lions are called Man-eaters. The Lioness is much smaller than the Lion, and is woods natural history 23 destitute of the mane. As a general rule she is fiercerand more active than the male, especially before shehas had cubs, or while she is suckling them. They arebeautiful, playful little things, and are slightly have no mane until about two years old. Thecubs are remarkably heavy for their age, and about thesize of very large cats, but weigh considerably more. The Tiger is found only in Asia. In size it is almostequal to
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