THE LION AND ITS VARIETIES
... . THOSE who have only seen the King of Beasts immured in a cage, after years of harassing and emaciating captivity, and half paralysed by confinement and want of exercise, can form no conception of his majestic appearance as he bounds along in his own native wilds, conscious of his own strength and prowess. There he is indeed a monarch, for, dreaded by all, he has nothing to fear from any ...