CHAPTER XXXV

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TROPICAL FELIDÆ.

The Lion--Conflicts with Travellers on Mount Atlas--The Lion and the Hottentat--A Lion taken in--Narrow Escapes of Andersson and Dr. Livingstone--Lion-Hunting by the Arabs of the Atlas-- By the Bushmen--The Asiatic Lion--The Lion and the Dog--The Tiger--The Javanese Jungle--The Peacock--Wide Northern Range of the Tiger--Tiger-Hunting in India--Miraculous Escape of an English Sportsman--Animals announcing the Tiger’s Presence-- Turtle-Hunting of the Tiger on the Coasts of Java--The Panther and the Leopard--The Leopard attracted by the Smell of Small-pox--The Cheetah--The Jaguar--The Puma--The smaller American Felidæ--The Hyæna--Fables told of these abject Animals--The Striped Hyæna--The Spotted Hyæna--The Brown Hyæna 446

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