INVISIBILITY OF LIONS.-THEIR EYES.-STORMY NIGHTS.-A COOL LION.-GREGARIOUS SPIRIT.-MR. GORDON CUMMING.-VOICE OF LION. A PLEASANT PARTY.-THREE JOLLY LIONS.-FIRST MENAGERIE.-LION TOWER.- THE LIONS."-ANECDOTE.-A SICK LION. -SIR E. LANDSEER AND HIS EARLY VISITOR. ANCIENT REMEDY FOR AN INVALID.-THE TONGUE IN THE FELINÆ.-STILLNESS.THE LION'S TAIL.-MAN-EATERS.-FEARFUL DEATH.-ADVENTURE OF CAPTAIN WOODHOUSE.-THE GENTLE LION.-A NOBLE LION.THE RETREAT OF THE LEONIDE.-HOW TO FACE A LION.-AN ADVENTURE.-FORBEARANCE OF THE LION.-MUNGO PARK.-AN AFFECTIONATE CAPTIVE.-AN ADVENTURE.-STRENGTH OF LIONS. -PUMAS.-FEROCITY OF PUMA.-EDMUND KEAN'S PUMA.—ZOO
"Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
"The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens."-PSALM civ.
It would be difficult to find language which more simply and elegantly describes the habits of the Mon