. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL niSTonV. 31 ch fear of them, i favourite prey, )r gcmsbok, not. destruction of its »e Lion from side jn lying together, diavities; the beat es:— ited with the Lion )eculiarly striking, g, repeated five or at other times he inin roai-8, repeated ncreasing in loud- 1 dies away in five •eserabling distant y, a troop may be ,he lead, and two, three, or fonr more regiUarly taking up their parts like persons singing a ; " As a gcuenvl rule lions roar during the night, their sighing moans comm
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL niSTonV. 31 ch fear of them, i favourite prey, )r gcmsbok, not. destruction of its »e Lion from side jn lying together, diavities; the beat es:— ited with the Lion )eculiarly striking, g, repeated five or at other times he inin roai-8, repeated ncreasing in loud- 1 dies away in five •eserabling distant y, a troop may be ,he lead, and two, three, or fonr more regiUarly taking up their parts like persons singing a ; " As a gcuenvl rule lions roar during the night, their sighing moans commencing as the shades of evening envelope the the forest, and continuing at intervals throughout the night. In distant and secluded regions, however, I have constantly heard them roaring loudly as late as nine and ten o'clock on a bright sunny morning. In hazy and rainy weather they ai'e to be heard at every hour in the day, but their roar is ; The opinion that lions will not touch a dead animal is erroneous; as they were frecjuently shot by Mr. Cumming's while devouring gnoos, &c. that had fallen by his rifle. Those lions wlio have once tasted human ilesh are generally the most to bo dreaded, as they will even venture to spring in among a company of men, and seize their victim. These lions are called Man-eaters. During the latter part of Cum- ming's residence in South Africa a dreadful instance of their ferocity occuiTcd.—While the hunting party was encamped for the night in the territory of the Balakahuri, a lion, taking advantage of the stormy night, suddenly sprang upon two men, Hendrick, the driver, and Kuytcr, the Bosjesman tracker, who were wrapjiod in the same blanket, by the fire. It seized Heuch-ick by the neck, and dragged him into the bushoH. in spite of the blows which another man gave it with a burning brand, leaving Ruyter unhurt except by a few scmtches with its claws. Next morning it was shot by Mr. Gumming, who placed its skin in his mag
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