The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . *?H3 #. ^\ PLATE VIII 1. Indian Lion. 7. Fishing-Cat. 2. Bengal Tiger. 8. Leopard-Cat. 3. Indian Leopard. 9. Jungle-Cat. 4. Persian Leopard. 10. Caracal. 5. Snow-Leopard. ii. Tibetan Lynx. 6. Clouded Leopard. 12. Hunting-Leopard. The Lion 269 exemplified by the occurrence of such names as Ranjit Singh, and RanbirSingh among the Sikh chieftains of the Punjab, and that of Sher AHamong the Mohammedan rulers of Afghanistan. As regards the last-named country and the neighbouring state ofBaluchistan, lions are indeed now quite unknown in both, neit
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . *?H3 #. ^\ PLATE VIII 1. Indian Lion. 7. Fishing-Cat. 2. Bengal Tiger. 8. Leopard-Cat. 3. Indian Leopard. 9. Jungle-Cat. 4. Persian Leopard. 10. Caracal. 5. Snow-Leopard. ii. Tibetan Lynx. 6. Clouded Leopard. 12. Hunting-Leopard. The Lion 269 exemplified by the occurrence of such names as Ranjit Singh, and RanbirSingh among the Sikh chieftains of the Punjab, and that of Sher AHamong the Mohammedan rulers of Afghanistan. As regards the last-named country and the neighbouring state ofBaluchistan, lions are indeed now quite unknown in both, neither is thewriter acquainted with any historical evidence of their former existence inthese states, although it is more than probable that this area was onceincluded within the range of the species. If, however, the animal everextended northwards of India at all, it is most likely that, within historictimes at any rate, Afghanistan formed its limits in that direction. Hadit ever existed in Central Africa it would probably have survived longenough to be rem
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