Identifier: huntingtrappings00pric (find matches)
Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ance, when a tiger springs upon its prey,it buries its claws deep into its victims back and tries to bite it in sorne vitalspot, such as the neck. Again, the tiger inhabits the tall grass jungles.Now, the lion when it springs upon its prey deals it a powerful, smashingdownward blow which generally kills at once. Moreover, the lion is notfound in the forests, but lives in the open country among the sand-hills andscrub bushes. The lion is about the same length as the tiger, that is, fromeight to ten feet long, but on the average it weighs more. In ferocity andstrength they are about equal although the tiger is the more wantonly cruelof the two. You do not often hear of a man-eating- lion. The lion in captivity is a poor, thin, slab-sided creature compared to theroyal beast in its native home. The male lion has a splendid mane about itsneck which during battle serves to protect its throat and jaws from its enemysteeth. In a wild state the lion is a perfect picture of beauty and strength.
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ALL ABOUT LIONS Its huge muscles stand out like cords, while its fur has a satiny gloss whichis never seen on the caged animal. An engineer who had but recently arrived in Uganda, in Central Africa,knew nothing of the lion or its habits except what he had picked up from hisfriends and his native servants. He made it a daily custom to walk to-wards a mound after the evening meal was over in the camp, to watch thesun go down. Darkness soon spreads over the sky in the tropics. On the night in question it was not many minutes before the camp firesshone out clearly. Suddenly the sound of distant rumbling reached hisears. In an instant he knew that for the first time in his life he was listeningto the roar of a lion. The whole air seemed to vibrate, and all around himwhen silence reigned the air seemed heavy until the roar broke out again. The engineer heard a step behind him, and on turning his head he foundhis trusty body servant fully armed. The native, who was an experiencedhunter, knew

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