Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1891 — How Arabs Steal Lion Cubs. [ARTICLE]

How Arabs Steal Lion Cubs.

Gerard, the famous French lion-killer, says in his “Adventures,” that teething is an important er>is ii the life of the lion cubs, and that a la -go number of the young die dur ng r.„ut period. When the cui.o huve finished teething, the lioness loaves them for a few hours each day. and on her return brings mutton, carefully skinned and torn into small pieces. The Arabs, on discovering a litter of cubs, watch for the departure of the lioness und then rob her of the whelps. They post themselves on a high cliff, or in a tree overlooking the lair. As soon us they see the lioness go to the plain, and are sure that the lion is not near, they creep to the lair, wrap the cubs in the fold of their burnoose in order to smother their cries, and carry them to the edge of the woods, where men are waiting with horses. There ore 340,628 mile! o' railroad on the earth.