The North-Carolinian., 1856-03-29
BIRTH CAROLINIAN.
History CT the Lions Life.
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History CT the Lions Life.
I'd us first sketch the story Of the lions life,
begiI| ing with his marriage, which takes place
toWa Is the end of January He has first to
seek is wife; but as the males are far more
a abun1 hnt than the females, who are often cut
off M Hpancy, it is not to lind young
ladybIesf4red by the addresses of three or four
galants. who quarrel with the accerbity OF
iealoHs lbvers. If one of them does not sue
ceedsin disabling or driving away the others,
/ Madans impats 1T and dissatisfied, leads them
into thdpresenceef an old lion, whose roar she
has fccated aha distance The lovers fly
I at !: IL With the ten Gritty of youth and eXas-
II, - 1rs-e~oal fallow receives them with
Ica I'D Ssurance, breaks the neck of The iIsso
with his terrible jaws, smashes the leg OF the
second, and tears out the eyes OF the thlfd-
Nosooner is the day won, and the field clear,
than the lion tosses his name liz the air as he
roars and then crouches by the side OF the lady,
WHO, as g reward for his courage llcks his
wounds caressingly. When two adult lions are
the rivals, the encounter is more serious.
! An Arab perched in tree one night a
lioness followed by a tawny lion with full grown
maue she lay down at the foot Of the tree, the
! lion stopped on his path and seemed to listen
The Arab then heard the distinct growing OF
a lion, which was instantly replied to by the
lioness under the tree. This made her husband
roar furously. The distant lion was heard
lapproachinw and as he came nearer the iiOness
roared louder which seemed to agitate her
/ husband for he marched toward her as If to
be silent, and then sprang back to his old post
roaring defiance at his distant rival. This
continued for about an hour, when black lion
made his appearance on the plain. The lioness
arose as if to 60 towards him, but her husband,
guessing her intention, bounded towards his
rival. The two crouchcd and sprang on each
other, rolling the grass in the embrace OF
death Their bones cracked, their flesh was
torn, their cries of rage and agony rent the air,
and all this time the lioness cronched, and wag-
ged her tail slowly in sign of satisfaction.
When the combat ended, and both warriors
were stretched the plain she rose, smelt
them, satisfied herself that they were dead and
trotted off, quite regardless of the nncomp
mentarv epithet which the indignant Ara'
shouted after her. This Gerard tells US, is an
example of the conjugal fidelity of Miiady
whereas the lion never quits his wife, unles:
forced, and is quite a pattern of conJugal at
tcntons.
Our lion then is married. let us say. He i
the slave of his wife. 1t is she who always take
precedence; when she stops he stops. On ar
riving at Il douar the collection OF tents
what we call q ''village') for their supper, sh
iJss down white nc leaps into the encasare an
brings to her the booty. He watches her Will
f she eats taking care that no one shall disturb
her: and not Ulltii nef appctilc IL SatiSHe' ooS
| he begin his meal When she feels that she
about to be q mother L. e. towards the mdd
of December they seek an isolated ravlnc, ant
: there without the aid of chlorofOrm or Dr. Lo
cock. she presents her lord with one, two, am
sometimes three puppies, generally one NAL
and one female. If the reader has ever see
and handled puppy lion. he will nnderstan
the ido,atrv of mother and father. She neve
quits them for an instant, and he only qult
them to bring home supper When they ar
three months old their weaving commences
The mother accustoms them gradually to it, D
e absenting herself for longer and longer periods
and bringing them pieces of mutton, CAREFUL
:. skinned The father whose hab'tnai oemeaho
is Grave becomes fatigued by the frlvoou
snorts of his children, and for the sake OF tran
oui]ty removes his lodgings to a distance, Witii
Is reach however, to render assistance II required
> At the age of four or five months, the chlldrc
Is follow their mother to the border OF the 1ofes
where the father brings them their supper. A
six months old they accompany their fathe
and mother in all nocturnal expeditions. Fro,
eight to twelve months they learn to attac
sheen goats, and even bulls; but they are s
awkward that they usually wound ten for OF
T they kill; it is not till they are two years o
that they can kill horse or a bull with or
b;te While their education is thus in progress
they are ten times more ruinous to the Arab
since the family does not content itself vii
killing the cattle required for its own consnm
ton but kills that the children may learn ho
to kill At three years old the children qu
ii home and set up for themselves, becomil
n fathers and mothers in their tnrn.-The
We places arc occupied by another brood. I
eirht years old the lion reaches maturity, al
lives to thirty or forty. When adult he is
ma cnfcent creature, very different in si1
aspect, and disposition from the lions to
seen in the menageries and geological garde
animals taken from the mothers breast, br
- like rabbits, deprived of the fresh mountain
and ample nourshment. AS an indication
the size attained by lions in state of natu
ck we may cite the fact mentioned by Gerard, til
"s ,or the strongest man in the cavalry regiment,
he which he belonged, was unable to carry
skin and head of the lion Gerard had killed.
Westminster Rerieu.
= Our HoMEs-Ge hath it's triumph, IA
its glories, wealth its splendor, success
by bright rewards, but the heart only hath
,ha ,r,l home. Home only? What more needeth
nd heart? what more can it gain? true no
is more than the world-more than honor, a
pride, and fortune-more than all that ca
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