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When little John is five years old,
With cheeks like peaches growing,
With merry eyes, half bold, half shy,
And smiles like ripples flowing:
Would'st see him happy ? Wotch him well,
And proud as fiitnuuM Honor,
You'll find him joyous mid nlouo
Willi sweetmeuts in a comer.
And older grown.'n youth in years,
When titstes and pleasures vary,
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With cousin Juno or Maty.
Inquire not what their talk may bo,
Nor laugh, you idlo scorner ;
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He's run his round of ploasure,
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Tho worth of things to measure.
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With wife and children round him,
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When troubles would confound biui ;
Tukes fortuno kindly if she conies,
If absent docs not tuouru her ;
So topplo kingdoms if you will
lie's tpiiet in the comer 1
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t Frcm tiic Vetmiiiter Itcview.
LIOIs'3 AIJD LION HUNTING.
I. La Tuetir ile Lions, Par Jules Gerard.
Paris : 18ft". 1. La Chaste ou Z.fot el les
rulres C .. ue I At'crie.
Par J uk'S Gerard. 1'ui is : 183-J.
Avo know very little about lions, consider
ing our centuries oi onservuiinii, uiiu tno
abundant examples on which that observa
tion has bier, exercised; ami I lie reason is
that we have known the lion only in captivi-
tv. under very deceptive circumstances.
liven tr.ivelcM and lutnrnlis-ts. perfectly
awaro of the fact that he lielotts to the
feline race, describe him as if the broad day
light, and licit tho stormy midnight were his
element ; and because sometimes a traveler
has found himself in daylight face to face
with a half-sleepy lion moving from his cmi'-h 1
on account of the flics in the sun, and be-j
enure this bull, in a state nf beatific digestion,
(having the night before licvunrrd nu ux)
does not smite tho traveller to tho earth, the
idea of his inuiniiuiiinity aiid generosity have
hecomo ci.'i'iilated, or becuu at in this, stat"
it generally decline combat, especially if
(ited at, tho idea of his cowardice has also
gained acceptance. Had naturalists studied
this majestic animal in the mountain gorges
from twilight until dawn, had they watched
hi in coming to drink at the stream, or in the
forests when the moon has risen, or dashing
among the tents when beef will not satisfy
his epicunertn taste eager for man flesh, in a
word, had they watched him, as Gerard has.
rifle in hand, lonely, with the intense eager
ness of a hunter whose life depends upou his
minutest observation being accurate, we
should have another conception of thu lion
from that to be derived by u study of books
or inspection of menageries. Jules Gerard,
whom the French with just pride surname
"Lo Tuenr do Lions," has given in two
works placed at thu head of this paper, the
result of his observations, and the recital of
his encounlerers : works of fascinating inter
est, from whuh we propose lo comJenso a lew
detail;
Let us first (sketch the story of the lion's
life, beginning with his marriage, which tukes
place towards We end of January. He has
tirst to leek his wife ; but as thu males are
far more ubundttnt than the females, who
are often cut oH in infancy, it is not rare to
find a young ludy pestered by the addresses
of three or four gallants, who ctuaricl with
tho acerbity of jealous (overs. If ona of
them docs not succeed in disabling or driving
away the others. Madam, impatient and dis
satisfied, leads the in into the prescneo of an
old lion, whose roar she has appreciated at a
distance. Tho lovers fly at him with tho
temerity of youth and exasperation. The old
fellow receives them with calm assurance,
breaks the neck of the first with his terrible
jaws, smashes tun leg ol tue second, and
tears out the eye ot the tlurd. .No sooner is
the day won, and tho field clear, that the lion
tosses his mane in the uir as he roars, and
then conches by the bide of the lady, who,
as u reward for his courage, licks his wounds
caressingly. When two adult lions are ri
vals, the encounter is more) serious. An
Arab perched in a tree one night, saw it
lioness followed by a fawny lion with full
grown mur.e ; she lay down at the toot of the
tree, the lion stopped on his path and seemed
to listen. The Arab then heard the distinct
growling of u lion, which was instantly re
plied to by the lioness under the tree. This
made iier hubbaud roar futicuily. Thu dis
tant lion was heard approaching, and as ho
came nearer tho lioness roared louder, which
seemed to agitate her husband, for he marched
towards her us if to force her to bo silent,
and then sprang back to his old post, roaring
defiance at his distant rival. This continued
for about an hour, when a black lion made his
appearance on the plain. The lioness rose
as if to go towards him. But her husband,
guessing her iutention, bounded towards his
rival. The two crouthod uud xtming on each
other, rolling on the gra;s in thu embrace of
death. J heir bonus cracked, their llesli was
torn, their cries oi rage and agony rent the
uir, and ull this time the liouess crouched,
and wagged her tail slowly in sign of satis-
ludiou. i lien tno combat, ended, uml uotn
warriors were stretched on the plain, she
rose, smelt them, salisGcd herself that they
were dead, and trotted on, quite regardless ol
the uucomnlimentary epithet which the indig-
naui a rao snouted alter tier, mia ueraru
telis us, is an example of the conjugal lideli-
ty of Milady; whereas the l:on never quits
his wife, unieLS forced, uud is quite a pattern
Ol conjugal Attentions.
Our lion tlien is iiiumed, let us say. lie
is the slave of his wife. It is she who always
takes precedence J wneii sim Hons he stops
Oo arriving at a thuar (the collection of
teuts what we cull a "tillage") for their
supper, she lies down while he loaps into thu
enclosure, and brings to her tha booty. Ile
watches her whilo she cuts, taking cine that
no one shall disturb her ; and not until her
appetite is satisfied does he begin his meal.
When; s&a fck tuut abeis) about to, be a
mother, i. e., towards the end of December,
Ihoy seek nn isolated ravine, and there, with
out tho aid of chloroform or Dr. Locock, she
presents her lord with one, two, and some
times three puppies, generally one male and
one female. II the render has ever seen and
bundled a puppy lion, he will understand tho
idolatry of mother and father. She never
quits them for an instant, nnd he only quits
them to bring home supper. When they are
three months old their weaning commences.
The mother Accustoms them gradually to it,
by absenting herself for longer nnd longer
periods, and bringing them pieces of mutton
carefully skinned. The rather whose habitu
al demeanor is grave, becomes fatigued by
the frivolous sports of his children, nnd for
the pake of tranquility removes his lodging
to a distance, within reach, however, to ren
der assistance if required. At the age of
four or five months the children follow their
mother to the border of the forest, where the
father brings them their supper. At six
months old they accompany lather and moth
er on ull nocturnl expeditions. From eight
to twelve months they learn to uttack sheep,
goats, and even bulls ; but they are eo awk
ward that they usually wound ten Tor one
they kill j it is nofc till they are two years
old that they cun kill a horse or a bull with
oiio bite. While their education is thus in
progress, they are ten times more ruinous to
the Arabs, since the family does not content
itself with killing the cattle requited for its
own consumption, but kills that the children
may learn how to kill. At threo years old
the children quit homo and set up lor them
selves, becoming fathers and mothers in their
turn. Their places are occupied by another
brood. At eight years old the lion reaches
maturity, and lives to thirty or forty. When
adult he is a magnificent creature, very ditter
out in size, aspect and disposition, from the
Imns to ue seen in menageries and zoological
gardens animals taken from the mother's
brmist, bread like rabbits, depiived of the
fresh mountain air and ntnplu nourishment.
As an indication of the size attained by lions
in a state cf nature, wo may cite tho fact
mentioned by Gerard, that the strongest man
in the cavalry regiment, to which he belonged,
was unable to curry the skin and head of the
lion Gerard had killed.
It is quite clear, on comparing tho works
of Gerard and Gordon Gumming, that tho
lion of nolherii Africa is a far moru formida
ble enemy than tho lion of southern Africa.
Not only does Gumming seem to have tri
umphed without diilicully, but he hud to
combat lions who ran away from dogs, and
generally avoided coming to blows with him.
This is quite contrary to Gerard's experience.
The lion of Northern Africa h but loo ready
to attack ; hungry or not, thu sight of on
enemy rouses his fury at once; und as to
cowardicn, Gerard's narrative leaves no room
fur such a suspicion. Indeed, the lion, so far
from running away from the hunter, attacks
whole) tribe of armed Arabs, often scattering
them to the winds. No Arab thinks of at
tacking a lion unless supported by at least
twenty muskets ; nnd even then, if ti e lion
is killed, il is not until he has committed
serious damage in their ranks. Per n long
while they suffer him to devastate their
donar, anil cany oil' their cattle in helpless
resignation.' It is net until tlttir ldfes hi'Ve
driven them to desperation, that they resolve
on attacking him in his lair, and then they
always choose the daytime. Having ascer
tained his lair, and having decided in full
conclave that the attack is lo be made, they
assemble at the loot of the innur.tain, nnd in
groups of thirty or forty inarch towards the
lair, shouling at the top of their lungs. On
hearing the noise, thu lion if young, nt, once
(plits his lair; the lioness does the sumo,
unless she have her infants with her. But,
as ho docs not fly. he is soon in sight, nnd a
discharge of musketry brings Lint dowu upon
them like a thunderbolt.
If tho lion is adult be knows the meaning
of this noise which wakes him, and he rises
slowly, yawning anil 61 retching his limbs,
rubbing his sides against the tree, und sink
ing back his majestic uiatie. lie listens; urd
the approaching cries cause him to sharpi n
his cluws, with certain premonitory growls,
lie then stalks slowly towards the first ledge
of rock which commands the country, and
espying hii enemies from this height, he
crouches and awaits. Tho Arab who first
sees him, cries, "There lie is!" and deathlike
stillness succeeds. They pause to contem
plate him, and to look well to their urms,
while the lion lowly licks his paws und mane,
thus making his toilette de eumbut. Alter a
long pause, an Arab advances in front of the
group, und in a tone of defiance, shouts
"Thou kuowest us not, then, that thus thou
licst before us ! ltiso andtly; for we belong
to sucn a tube nnd 1 am Abdullah: I ho
lion, who has before this eaten more than one
warrior who apostrophized dim in precisely
the same terms, continues passing his enor
mous pa3 over his face to beautify himself;
und makes no reply to the challenge nor to
the second cnalleiige, nor to thu epithets ol
"Jew !" "Christian "'"Infidel !" liberally
bestowed on him, until the voices swell in u
chorus, which makes him impatient, lie
then rises, lashes his sides with his tail und
marches straight towards his in su I tors. The
timid are already in flight ; the brave remain
and wait his attack muskets rcudy, hearts
beating, lie is beyond their reach, and
walks leisurely towards thnm. They now
begin to retreat slowly, in order, their faces
turned to him, until they rejoin the horsemen
waiting at the foot of the mountuin, who
immediately commence gulioping about,
brandishing their muskets and yatagans, uud
shouting detiancn. The lion, on seeing tho
horsemen on the plain, pauses to reconnoitre.
No cries or insults move him. Nothing but
powder will do that. It is heard at lust, and
then ho changes his leisure march for a charge
which scutters the little army.
No one is ashamed of (tying now ; each
tries to secure a favorable position from
which to fire us the lion pusses. Thu horse
men then advance. If, as is usual, tho liou
has clutched one of the retreating troop, ilis
only necessary for u horseman to approach
within reasonable distance and discharge his
gun ; the lion at once quits his victim to
charge his assailant. Alter a while, the lion,
wounded and tired, crouches like a cat und
awaits his end. This is a terrible moment.
He is tired at and receives all their balls
without moving ; but should a horse gallop
near euough to be reached in two or three
bounds, either the rider tr the horse is
doomed, for the liou is upon him in an in
stall1, uud never quits his hold. It will ns-tonL-.li
Kuropean hunters to hear that thirty
bulls, at a distance of twenty psccs, tire not
nl. vsys enough to kill thu liou; it is only
when the heart or brain is touched that death
is certain ; and tho nearer he is to death the
more dangerous bo is. Oaring the tight, but
before ho is wuuuded, if he clutches a man,
he is satiitied with knocking him down; and
the man, piobubly protected by his burnous,
gets oil with it mere Uesli wound from the
terrible tallons. But after the lion hits been
wuuuded, ho tears his victim, mangles him in
his jaws, till he sees other men upou to spring
when morts.ll wounded, bis rage is ioroo
thine; awful, lie crushes bis victim tinder
him, und crouches ovor him, as If rejoicing in
his agony. While his talons slowly tear the
flesh of tho unhappy wretch, his flaming eyes
are fixed on tho eyes of his Victim, who fas
cinated by them is unable to cry for help or
even to groan. From time to time the lion
passes his large rough tongue over tho face
of his enemy, curls his lip. and shows all his
teeth. Meanwhile the relatives of the un
happy man appeul to the most courageous of
tbe troop, and they advance, guns cocked,
towards the lion, who sees them coming, but
never moves. Fearing lest their balls should
miss the lion and hit the man, they are
forced to approach so closo, thut they can
place the musket in the ear of the lion. This
is a critical moment. If the linn has any
farce left him, he kills tho man lying beneath
him, and bounds on the one who has come to
the rescue ; and as he lies motionless on the
body of his victim it is impossible to know
whether he will bound or not. In case his
strength is too much wasted, the lion crush
es the head of tho man beneath him the
moment he sees the musket approach his ear,
uud then closing his eyes, awaits death.
.Such is tho lion of Northern Africa, and
tho terror he inspires in the brave Arabs who
know his power is intelligible. Before quit
ting our descriptive notices, we must cull
upon Gerard for un uccount of the lion's roar,
as he first heard it while awaiting in n hiding
placo the approach of the king of beasts.
After wailing for an hour, the first griim
blings reached his car as if the lion wero
talking to himself, nnd these grow louder mid
louder till the very roof of the hidina-nlace
trembles ut tho sound Tho roarings are not
very frequent ; sometimes a Quarter of an
hour or more elapses between each. They
begin with a sort of sigh, deep and guttural.
jet so prolonged that it must davo cost no
effort ; this sigh is succeeded by a silence of
n few seconds, and then comes a growl from
the chest, which seems to issue through closed
lips and swollen checks. Tho growl, begin-
ning in a very bass note, gradnully rises
higher and louder, till tho rour bursts forth
in all its grandeur and finishes as it com
menced. After live or six roars ho finishes
with the same number of low, hoarse cries,
which seem as if ho was trying to expel
something sticking in his throat, thut lust
being very prolonged. Nothing in Gerard's
remembruuee presented, a Cuing point of
comparison with this terrihlo rour of the
lion. The bellowing of n bull is no more
like it than a pistol shot is liko tho sound of
a thirty-two-pounder. Imagine what terror
such a roar would iuspire, heard in the
lonely mountain passes under the silent stars.
On this occasion thu lion roared for two
hours without quilting his place, und then
descended into thu valley to drink; a long
silence followed, and then he began again
more vigorously than ever, boon after,
Gerard saw the lires blazing in the distance,
and heard tho men, women und dog3 yelling
as if possessed with devils; for one instant
a roar covered all this tumult like a thunder
clap ; and then the lion seemed to continue
his route quite tranquilly, not in thu least
disturbed by all this noise, which only
seemed liko triumphant music accompanying
the powerful monarch on his in:'-:h. Jle
probably knew tno terror U' pretence in
spired ; ut any rate ho kuew no terror at the
presence of Arabs. '
We have no spaco to tell Gerard's own
story hero. The lions are our subject, and to
them must bo given till our attention. The
curious reuder is referred to the two books
named ut the commencement of this article
for further information.
Gerard describes at great length the death
of his lirst lion but although he learned sev
oral useful details by which ho afterwards
protittcd. the campaign, wus not one which
can be abridged hero with interest. His se
cond lion was nearly the victor, lie had tied
up the dogs in the tents in order to preserve
silence. (juudi-bou-Nur, his companion, slept
behind him on thu ground, while we, ritle in
hand, awaited the appearance of hiseuemy.
Suddenly the sky, which had been brilliaut,
was overclouded ; tho moon disappeared ;
the thunder begun to mutter in the distance,
like a distant lion ; largo drops of rain fulling
on the Arab, awakened him, und made him
urgo Gerard to retire within the tents. At
this moment the Arab shouted, "Be on your
guard ; thu lion will couio when the storm is
at its heighth." Protecting his rifle with tho
burnous, Gerurd waited, smiling to observe
the heroic rcr-ignatioii with which Saadi-bou-
Nar draped himself in his bournous. The
ruin, like ull storm rain, rapidly subsided.
The sky was once more lighted bv the bril
liant moonbeams occasionally piercing
through interspaces of cloud ; at the horizon
a few flashes of lightning were seen. Gerard
grateful for the ti I I'u I light, peered anxiously
into space, and in one ol tbe sudden Hashes,
there stood the lion, motionless, only a few
puces from the en closure of the doiiar. Ac
customed to And tires lighted, dogs howling
in terror, woman tranric, and meu throwing
lighted brands at his head, the lion was per
haps meditating ou the meaning of this silence
and calm.
Turning carefully, so as to take deliberate
aim without the lion's perceiving him, Gerard
felt his heart beat as the last cloud passed over
the moon, liu was seated with tho left el
bow ou his knee, the ritle at his chuulder,
looking alternately ut tho lion, which presen
ted only a confused mass to his eye, und thu
cloud that traveled slowly over thu moon.
At lust bis heart leaped the moon shone in
ull her splendor. Never wus sunlight more
prized. There stood the lion, motionless as
before; a magnificent creature, superbly Ma
jestic, with his head aloft, his main tossed by
I ho wind, and lulling to the Knee. Jt was a
bluck lion of the gran dttt tpecies. His side
was turned towards bis enemy. Aiming just
underneath the shoulder, Gerurd tireJ, and, at
the tamo lime thut the explosion was re
echoed by tho mountains, rose the roar of
rngo and pain, and through the smoke the li
on bounded on his ussailunt. It was an aw
ful moment. The lion was within three pa
ces ; there was no time to aim j the second
barrel was fired at hazard, and struck him in
thu breast; he rolled expiring at the hunter's
feet. "At first," says Gerard, "I could uot
believe that the animal 1 had just seen boun
ding upon me in fury, und rending her air with
his cries, was the monstrous inert mass lying
ut my feet. On looking for my balls, I found
the hrst, which hud not been mortal, placed
exactly where I hud aimed it ; and the sec
ond fired almost at random, had been tha one
which proved fatal. From this moment
learned that it is not sufficient to aim accur
ately to kill a lion ; and I began to see that
liou hunting wus fur more serious tbuu I had
imagined."
The terror inspired by tho lion is vividly de
picted in tho nafrative of events succeeding
this encounter. Although thu A rubs heard
the firing they would not approach; lest the
lion should still be living; for more than half
un hour they remained within their tents, af
ter which three of tbe bravest came out of the
enclosure, bringing the jug of water Gerard
had demanded; the leader caina cautiously,
looking round bim every moareol, bi gun re.
dy to fire; the second, bearing th water,
camo aitcr, Holding by the burnous or tbe loa
der, nnd pausing when he paused; Coolly , the
third held in one hand tho burnous of tho se
cond, and brandished a yntngan with formida
ble vigor, In this order they came np to the
lion; ou seeing him they baited, and would
not approach till Snadi bo u-Nar struck his
corpse with his hand to re-assure them. And
these were men who in battlo field would
fight like lions! Five minutes afterwards,
men, women, and children rushed out to see
their vanquished foe, whom they apostrophiz
ed in eloquent insults. As tbe morning
broke, hundreds of Arabs came from ull sides;
but even in presence of their dead enemy their
terror was not quite allayed; they kept with
in teu paces nf his corpse, the women stand
ing behind timid and curious.
Gerurd soon round that bullets were but an
uncertain resource njainst an animal whose
frontal bone sufficed to flatten one tired at no
greater distance than five paces, and who,
when mortally wounded, had still Rtrenath
and ferocity enough to despatch half a dozen
nrmed men. He therefore exchanged bullets
for ingots of iron, and even with these hn ran
a tcrriblo risk, as we see from his first em
ployment of them. At midnight) under tbe
light of a full moon, be met a young lion, a
mere puppy of two years old, who, on seeing
him, lay down across the path und did not
move, even when Gerard was within fifteen
paces. Believing this to be the animal's tac
tics, he thought better not toadvnnce nearer;
kneeliiij on tbe ground, he fired, aiming just
beneath the shoulder How it happened lie
knew not, so sudden was the onslaught, but
before he could soe anything ho wus knock
ed down, and his hand touched tho leg of tho
animal standing over Inm. '-Lucky for me I
wore my thick turban, which he tore with his
teeth; slipping from him and leaviug him my
burnous, 1 blew out the brains of this foolish
youngster while he was spending his wrath
upon my clothes. My hrst Ingot had passed
right through hit: body, below the shoulder: !
the second entering at his left ear came out
ut tho right. Europeans imagine it a very
simple thing to vanquish tho lion; "you have
only to be a good shot and to be perfectly
cool." To be a good shot is not rare; but
you have to meet such an antagonist, to await
bim, perhaps not to sec dim until he is about
to attack, und then to know that your first
ball, however well aimed, will only wound
him, the "coolness" su lightly spoken of will
bo a very rare quality. However adroit your
first aim, you have little time for your second
the lirst shot hits him while do is 'motionless ,
the second must be fired as he bounds upon
you. Gerard soon learned this, and he says
with naivete, perfectly French, thut he always
commenced the struggle with mingled doubt
and conlio'ence ; doubt in tho effects of his
shots, confidence in the "protection divine
ih'uvcoi de n sa creature I' Eire sujremc" us
it the poor lion were equally "su creature!"
That, however, is a thought never entering
the minds of the hunter or Arab. Wo were
amused ut the lamentations and imprecations
of a disconsolate wotnin, whose lamb had
been eaten by a lion; she ppoke with bitter
ness of tho "heartless wretch" who had eaten
it lamb, which she. herself would have eaten
bad notibo lion rtiiicipntrd her!
' .Such being the terror and hatred inspired
by the lion, wc can understand the frantic de
monstrations of joy over the corpse They
triumph over their dead foe, insult bim, call
111 tit tts'ussin," "thief," "son of a Jew," "Chris
tian," "pagan;" pluck his beard in scorn, aud
kick him contemptuously. It is a relief to
their hatred, the reaction of terror. In
reading this we are naturally reminded of that
scene iu Homer, where the Greeks crowd
round the dead body of Hector, marvelling at
his great stature, and each inflicting a wound
on his terrible corpse.
And wo think translators and commenta
tors fall into u blunder when they translate
and understand the phrase applied to Achilles
meditating the vengeance of drupping Hec
tor round the walls, as if Homer by it meant
to stigmatize Achilles. The phrase does not
mean "ho meditated unwortliij deeds" but
"he meditated unheurd of deeds." Things
which are uuusual, are often unseemly, un
worthy, but not necessarily so. Homer evi
deutly did not think the vengeance unworthy
nor did the Greeks. They felt towards tho
dead Hector as the Arabs felt towards tho
dead lion.
Very picturesque is the scene of triumph.
The fires are lighted in thu forest ; moving
amidst thu snow and trees are groups of men
and women, looking by the firelight, like
phantoms, iu their white burnouses, as they
distribute tho pieces of lion-flesh roasted on
a brusier big enough for un elephant. Tho
women chatter on their universal theme ; the
men talk of powder, bloodshed, and lions ;
Abdullah, the singer, yells improvised cou
plets, whilo a flute-player charms the savagi '
cur. They have iusulted tbe lion, uud now
they cut bim I
If the reader has ever had tbe pleasure of
playing with a puppy liou he will comprehend
tbe fascination ol such a favorite iu thu Arab
tents. Tho delight created by such a play
fellow is not simply the delight which any Cut
joyous puppy, gracefully ungraceful, and sub
limely careless, will excite in ull will consti
tuted minds, it is that, und with it the feeling
of all the ferocity, power, and grandeur, which
lie nascent in this innoceut child. This feel
ing will of course bu intensified by tho terror
felt for the grown liou ; und as that terror is
very great umoug the Arabs, wo cun imagine
thu interest Gerard excited by bringing into
their tents u lioness of about a month old, no
larger than an Angora cut, and a liou about
a third larger. The young lady had all the
timidity of her sex, slunk away from every
one, and answered ceresses with blows of her
little paws ; her brother, whom tbey christen
ed Hubert, hud more manly ajtlomb. Jle wus
quiet, looking with some ustoiiishuient ut ull
that passed, but wiliioul any savageries?.
The women idolized him and were never tired
of caressing him. A goat was brought to be
bis nurse. At tirst he look no notice or her
but no sooner had a few drops of milk mois
tened his lips, than he fastened upou her with
leonine ardor. I he goat nad ol course to tie
held down she by no means fancied ber il
lustrious foster-son. But although tho lion
ess had seeu her brother take his meals in
this way, she Could not be seduced to follow
bis example tibe was never quiet or happy
except when in concealment. Hubert passed
the uigbt under Gerard's burnous, as tran
quilly as, if with bis mother; and indeed
throughout his career, Hubert showed a soci
ability which speaks well of bun. His sister
died the death of many children teething
was fatal to her I Nay, Gerard assures us that
teething is u very critical affair with young
lionesses, and ollen carries them off, there be
ing no kindly surgeon to lance their little
gums. Hubert was taken to thu camp, where
of course, ho became the idol ol' the regiment
always preseut at parade, and gamboling
with the men during thu idlo hours. As he
grew op his exploits became somewhat ques
tionable. He had early strangled his nurse,
thu goat Ue then showed u propensity for
sheep, donkeys and Bedouins, which made it
aecsssnry for bim to be chained op, and 6 sully
1 having killed a horse, and dangerously wound-
ea two men (owing to some ditlerence ol
sentiment), he was caged. Gerard of course
continued to pot him. Every night he opened
the cage. Hubert sprang out joyously, aud
began playing with him at hide-and-seek ; em
bracing him with an ardor, which was more
affectionate than agreeable. "One night, in
high spirits, he embraced tno so fervently,
that I Bhould I have been strangled had they
not beat bim away with their sabre-sheaths.
That was tho last time I Cared to play hide-and-seek
with him But I must ao him
the justico to say, that in oil our struggles
he scruptiloDsly avoided using his teeth or
talons; be wus the same to all he liked, nnn
to whom he was really very affectionate and
gentle."
Hubert was snt to Paris, and placed in
the Jardin des Flantes, whero some timn
ufterwards Gerard went to see him. IIo was
lying half asleep, gazing with indifference on
ail the visitors when suddenly he raised his
head, his eyes dilated, a nervous twitching of
tho muscles of his face and agitation of dis
tuil showed that tho eight of tbe well-known
uniform had roused him. IIo recognised the
uniform, but had not yet identified his old
master. His eyes eagerly interrogated this
vaguely remembered form. Gerurd approach
ed, aud, unable to resist his emotion, thrust
his hand into the cage. It was a teaching
moment which followed ; without taking his
eyes from Gerard, he applied his nose to tho
outstretched hand, and began to breathe
deeply ; with every breath his eye became
more ullectionate, and when Gerard said to
him, "Well, Hubert, inv old soldier !" he made
a terrible bound against tbe bars of his pri
sons which trembled beneath his weight.
"My friends alarmed, sprung hack, and called
on me to do the same. Noble beast thou art
terrible, even in thy love! He stood up,
pressed against the bars, striving to break
through the obstacle which separated us. lie
was magnificent as he stood there roaring
with joy and rage. His rough tongue licked
with joy the baud which I abandoned to dim
while with his enormous paws do tried lo
draw me gentle to turn. No sooner did any
one approach tho cage than he flew ont in
frightful expressions of anger, which changed
into calmness und caresses on their retreating
It is impossible for me to describe bow pain
ful our purling was that day. Twenty limes
I was forced to return to reassuro bim that
he would see me cgain and each time that I
moved out of sight he made the place tremble
with bis bounds and cries." Poor Hubert
this visit, and the long lelc-a-tetes of subse
quent visits, made captivity a little less pain
ful to dim, but the e'.lect seemed to be inju
rious on the whole. He drooped, and tue
keeper attributed it to these visits, which
perhaps made him languish for the camp and
his old days of liberty. Ho died, leaving Ge
rard firmly resolved to kill as many lions ts
he could, but to capture no more; death in
the lorest, by a rifle, being infinitely prefcr
rable to a pulmouury disease bread in a pri
son. Has the lion a power of fascination 1 Tho
Arabs all declare he has, and both men and
beasts are forced to follow him when once he
exercise., that power over them. The royal
aspect and the pieicii.g splendor of his tawny
eye, together with all tlioso associations of
terror which his presence calls up, may suf
fice to paralyze, and fascinate an unhappy
victim ; ulthough Gerard suys, for bis part,
he never felt the slightest inclination to fol
low aud exclaim
"Old, dc ta suite, o rot, de ta ui!e, J'cn suite."
For our own part, we can believe in any
amount of fasciuntiou. We were once em
braced by an affectionate young lioness, who
put ber paws lovingly around our ueck, and
would have kissed our checks, had not that
symptom of a boldness more than maidenly
been at once by us virtuously repressed. Tbe
fusciuntion of this tawny maiden, by whose
embrace we were haunted for a fortnight, was
equalled by the humiliation we felt on another
occasion in the presence of the forest king.
All visitors to the Zoological know and
admire the noble lion who occupies the last
den ; and most visitors have seen his wrath
when the keeper approaches the den before
the bone he is knawing is thoroughly clean;
The sight of his wrath and the sound of his
growl greatly interested us, and tho keeper
uot being at'hand to excite them, we one day
got over the railing opposite his den, and
begau dancing and hissing before dim, in a
wild und, as we imagined, formidable man
nar. Instead of flashing out in wrath and
thunder, the lion turned his eye upon us, and
in utter contempt continued licking his legs
of beef, perfectly untroubled by our hissing,
probably asking himself tbe meaning uf
those incomprehensible gesticulations. Wc
felt small, lie evidently did not think ns
worth even a growl ; und we were forced to
get buck over the, railing, utterly discomfited
by the quiet dignity cf his majesty.
However, on this subject of fascination, let
us hear the story which Gerafd heard from
the Arabs. .Some years ago, .Seghir, the hero
of this adventure, was denied the hand or his
mistre's, rrom uo worse crime than impecuni
oaity, which has cut muny ft true love knot,
and he thought it simpler to elope with his
beloved. He, did so ; but Lis path was dan
gerous, and he ufiiicd himself to the tectb.
In his path he suddenly espied a lion walkirg
straight toward them. Tho girl shrieked so
fearfully that she was heard froui the tents,
und several men rushed out lo the reat ue'
When they arrived, they saw the lion walking
a few paces in front of Seghir, on whom his
eyes wero constantly fixed, and leading him
tiius towards the forest. Tbe young girl in
vain tried to make her lover cease to follow
the lion, iu vain tried to separato herself
from linn. lie held her tight und drew her
with him, saying, "Come, O my beloved, our
Higueur commands us ; come." "Why don't
you use your armst" she cried. "Arms? 1
have none,' replied the fascinated victim.
"Seigneur, believes her not ; she lies ; if I
am armed; 1 will follow you wherever you
will." At this moment eight or ten Arabs
came tip and tired. As tho lion did nut fail,
they toolt to their heels. With one bouud
the lion crushed Seghir to the earth, and
taking his head within his enormous jaws,
crunched it; utter which he lay down by the
6ide of tbe young girl, placing his putts upon
her knees.
Tbe Arabs now, finding thai they were not
parcued, took courage, reloaded and returned.
At tho moment their guns were pointed ho
sprang into tbe midst of them, seized one
with bis jaws, and 'i with his claws, dragging
thciii thus together, so that the three formed
as it were, but one mass of flesh ; he pressed
them under bim, aud mangled them as he
had mangled Heghir. 'Those who dad escaped
ran back to their tents to relate what they
witnessed. None dared return ; the lion car
ried of the girl into the forest. On tb mor
row the bodies' of Ihe (cur men wore found,
t hat or the girl was looked for, but they only
tound her hair, Iter feet, herelotbes. Her ra
visher had eaten the rest.
We ba e said that Gerard declares never
to have felt the fascinating power of tbe lion
in hi own pipvbuvitt ou of hit tWveo tare
he testifies to the fact as rctrirrls n to.ill.rvliorr
the lion caused to walk slowly b;lo") lorn to
t lib spot WhOre it should pk's: his nujeiity to
devour hlrii. . The lion en seeing Gerard ip
proacK, Slopped j the b ill, trn pare, in ?n.
vanco itopued at the sam tine. Who wil!
explain this ; Wo duro not attempt it; th?
more oo as our limitn are alroAtly touched.
bn th "Wintor Maxtdemotit cf
The great art in the management tf l.r;r
in order ta render them profiUM.', is tors-jfo
them to lay in winter, aa it ti tfc'.i neason in
which eggs arc scarce and big'). If t tk ; sou
keeps a Hock of bens in ord".r to suppiy hi1
family with eggs, or for the purpese of Felling
the eggs in market, do must n-nngo so that
they will loy in winter, eleo f'ty w;!l not wi
erally pay their expenses. For in tl r, lirst
case, he will be under the fit cr-Mi'y '..!' bt:jiiir
eggs when they are very dsn;, and il'Lc pro
duces eggs Tortlie mnrktt, be La3 them only
when evefybody's dens lay, and bo must Eel!
them at low rate.
To cause hen's to Hy in w inter, furnish therft
with a warm 4dry shelter, in a warm location
when they fan be free from cold 'limls and
enjoy a good share of sniipbir.e. The hen
house should be kept clean, and all filth from
tho remains of food should be care f;:ily remov
ed. There should be a good supply of t;tave(
which ought to bo renewed rccu.-:or.:i!'y, or
dug over so as to furnish fresh l't Iten.
Hons should have a constant s::pp;y of peri
water, and pure, wiiole.ome fete'. 'Ih'iy am
foud of corn, wlw.it, oat--, lu'-L!ie-.i, r,e,
rice millet, boiled putivtae?, aud ra-iy03 ether
kinds of foods. Generally, the chariest graiu
may be used as thoir principal iood ; but it is
better to supply them with vcrmus Vh ds
They are very fond of corn, nnd li.cy ilov visit
well with this ns their main fund. EMicd po
tatoes, mashed up, whilo bet with meal f ut
most any kind or grain, or with v.Ik at, brail
or shorts, and given warm, ere an excellent
rood in cold weather, and grea'.'y promotes
laying
Changes in rood are aavar.t.i;;c?u? . urn
prefer variety, as welt 03 0'-".; feathered ti
peds. In winter nnd summer, whot; corf:rd tc
small yards, heas should dare h fmu'! supply
or animal rood. Iteluse meal cr f'.fU nitty b
given cooked or raw. bcrap.-i arc : T'.c:i ob
tained for this Durcoso. from the t'Mlow deal
era ; but this is not sn acceptable, to I, en" as
fresh ment or fish, which may be ob'.airw! n"
a cheap rale or gratia, from tho S5I1 mar.iet
or butcher; Fresh, unbtirnt bece?, pcuivJne1
or chopped line, aro excellent, 3 they supply
both animal food and lime.
Kiss or Fight. An exi:hnrja tolls n tto-y
of a country party thus : A stalwart ; ctir:p:
rustic, wno was Known as a iorHii-3' "-Tutor
in a "free fight." had just rr.nni"d u
blooming and beautiful country ,;rl, cn)y
Sixteen years of nge, and tbe twain were- at e
party where a number or yocrif; f'oikrj of both
soxes were enjoying themselves in tha goot'
old-fashioned pawn-playing snl?. livery gul
in the room was called wit tad k'ssn' .v:ccpt
Mrs. I., tbe beautifd yw? b.ide tfcroahi,
nnd althfingh there was r.t.t c jr.jrrter
present who was not dying to teste- ,Lcr ys,
they were restrained by tho prrjenru of W
herculean dushand, who st io-l refanlir-j: tbe
party with a look of oi:!:c:i di:.':-.'.ifi:!:c:).
They mistook the cause of hi? anger , how
ever, for, suddenly follinir up his ilcve :.
stepped into tho middle of the roorj. ar..i, in
a tono of voice that nt cr.co rccLvcd market1,
attention, said ! . .
"Gentlemen, I davo bron r.ol!ci;;r; bow
things have been working her? for some, tirno.
and I niu't dalf satisfied. I don't want lo
raise a fuss, but' "What's the mailer.
John?" Inquired. dull ft 0-or.cn voire.". "What
do you tueant TIare wn doro anythire
hurt your feelings t" "Yes. yu linvc ; ell of
you have hurt my feelit'ij, uud I've- et-t '.
this to say about it. Hum's every g 1! ::: .!;
room been kissed mighty nigh a c'ckcii tii':'::;
apiece, and there's my vifj w!- I corjider si
likely as any of 'em, das i:ot had a single 0110
to-night; and I juet fell yen now, if !!- don't,
get as many kisses the b:ikr.:e cf tlj titnis
as any gal iu the room, the i,-;.v.i t'j.nt slif.hi.i
her lias got mo to tight that's all. Nov. e
ahead with your plajs !" If Mrs. T;
was slighted during the bslaito cf the ecu
ing we did not know i'. As f. r rors'.'ivcs
we know that John had :.o far:':t t.i f.:i l wi'Y
us individually, for any nr-icct, c.i 0.;;- p.ut
Jmpoutance or a Wit-.
paper tells a pretty gooii
v. A Cinei.ir.ntt
ioty vf a FrMicli-
man and a jealous fpojri 1.'. one cf t'i hotels
ot that city. I he laJy indulged rjrrelf con
tinuully, us soon as c'ruoteJ with l.cr mis
pronouncing hnsbnud, in hysterics! upbraid
Ings for his imaginary tk!iijr,tH;!;c:"S in ogling
the ladies at table, and ut ! vet tlim;; ;-rcv
so bad that the following J -.fi. ).; ! tt .ins
pired. The lady led cC, s ii- ual, nv.h etuicix
emphasis.
Monsieur, however, :Sl reirhcJ t'u col
trinnting point of huinm ( nrl irrneo, and hn
retorted ill a vehement rouhv'.' of hn 'i.or.
Knglish, interlarded with l'rct'.ci: exph-tiv?--,
until tho fuir one sei.:-.- ! his case of r.izors, in
an apparently desperate d?tei::;iualie:i tc
commit suiciJe.
Seizing her ur:n wi.h cr.o h:in;l, dc f e.'W
the bell rope violcn'.ly with the ether, a
summons which was spce-.lrv :.sr.nr?(!, for
the waiters, whoso organs of innnis livi ness
are usually well developed, bait bii.:i anxious
ly listening ouisidj or the ci" r m w'v,t wr.s
going on within. As soon, h. wti'. r. .s c:.e
entered the chamber, our gr.iir.r l 1 a tu t u.a j
relinquished his hold f.f the !.id's u. ni.
"Ah, nb! Utadame," bbsi'J tt!won lit
teeth, "you shall cut yrur tiiriat, eh? r-f.:
bien, ver goot, now yon cut yo.ir tliroal so
quick ns you like. .Vm't I ! " (.a l.ttio
wifuess as you cut dim yr.artclf. An. ah,
m etifre, sacre if you wai.t cnt jorv throat,
cut dim right wuy."
TfRf Lapohabi.e. At e. church f "r
about twenty thiles from Air ry, tl.a o.her
evening, the' minister, noticing 11 ntimbf.r cf
persbns, brtb white and colored, standing
upon the seats during singing service, eaiicu
out ill a loud voice ' Git down c.T dem teats,
both white man and color, 1 cue no in ore for
one man dan 1 does do odder." Imapii'.e the
pious minister's surprise, on hftiring tl'e con
gregation suddenly toaiaic-.i:e ti-.'.jii-g. in
short metre ;
Qit down o3 uVm sents.
Boll white mmi ar.'. color ;
I caves no more for c:ie mini
ihso 1 does for do editor.
A B.vo M ark. "I've got a bey for yon, sir.
"Glad of it; who is ho ?" r.s'ted thu master
workman or a largv est iblishtnerit. Thu mnn
told the boy's name and where be lived
"Don't want him," said the inajtar-woi'iinaii,
"he has got a bad t ark." Abudinuk, sir,
what f" "l ujet.1 Li u every day with a Cigar.
ia bis. (new lb. 1 dou't want a aokA."