THE outward form of the lion seems to indicate his internal generosity. His figure is striking; his look bold and confident; his gait proud; and his voice terrible. Compact, well proportioned, and sizeable, he exhibits a perfect model of strength united with agility; and it is only necessary to see him in order to be assured of his superior force. He has a very broad face, surrounded with a long mane, which gives him a peculiar majestic aspect: the eyes are bright and fiery, and the tongue is beset with prickles as hard as a cat's claws. The hair on the hinder parts of the body is short and smooth, and its general colour a pale yellow, inclining to white beneath. What the ancients have asserted respecting black lions, or white, or streaked like the tiger, is not confirmed by modern experience; so that these varieties have either never been seen, or exist no longer.

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