292. THE SERPENT-CHARMER 619 293. THE VIPER 621 294. TEACHING COBRAS TO DANCE 623 295. HORNED VIPER 625 296. THE VIPER, OR EPHEH 627 297. THE TOXICOA 628 298. THE FROG 630 299. FISHES 633 300. A RIVER SCENE 635 301. PETER CATCHES THE FISH 636 302. MURÆNA, LONG-HEADED BARBEL, AND SHEAT FISH 638 303. SUCKING FISH, TUNNY, AND CORYPHENE 640 304. FISHING SCENE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE 642 305. MODE OF DRAGGING THE SEINE NET 645 306. NILE PERCH, SURMULLET, AND STAR-GAZER 647 307. THE PEARL OYSTER 653 308. INSECTS 655 309. A SWARM OF LOCUSTS 659 310. THE LOCUST 663 311. THE BEE 665 312. THE HORNET AND ITS NEST 669 313. ANTS ON THE MARCH 671 314. ANT OF PALESTINE 675 315. THE CRIMSON WORM 677 316. MORDECAI IS LED THROUGH THE CITY UPON THE KING'S HORSE 679 317. BUTTERFLIES OF PALESTINE 682 318. NOXIOUS FLIES OF PALESTINE 685 319. THE SCORPION 690 320. CORAL 694 [Illustration: more animals] STORY OF THE BIBLE ANIMALS. THE LION. Frequent mention of the Lion in the Scriptures--The Lion employed as an emblem in the Bible--Similarity of the African and Asiatic species--The chief characteristics of the Lion--its strength, activity, and mode of seizing its prey--The Lion hunt. Of all the undomesticated animals of Palestine, none is mentioned so frequently as the LION. This may appear the more remarkable, because for many years the Lion has been extinct in Palestine. The leopard, the wolf, the jackal, and the hyæna, still retain their place in the land, although their numbers are comparatively few; but the Lion has vanished completely out of the land. The reason for this disappearance is twofold, first, the thicker population; and second, the introduction of firearms.