The Lion--Conflicts with Travellers on Mount Atlas--The Lion and the Hottentat--A Lion taken in--Narrow Escapes of Andersson and Dr. Livingstone--Lion-Hunting by the Arabs of the Atlas-- By the Bushmen--The Asiatic Lion--The Lion and the Dog--The Tiger--The Javanese Jungle--The Peacock--Wide Northern Range of the Tiger--Tiger-Hunting in India--Miraculous Escape of an English Sportsman--Animals announcing the Tiger’s Presence-- Turtle-Hunting of the Tiger on the Coasts of Java--The Panther and the Leopard--The Leopard attracted by the Smell of Small-pox--The Cheetah--The Jaguar--The Puma--The smaller American Felidæ--The Hyæna--Fables told of these abject Animals--The Striped Hyæna--The Spotted Hyæna--The Brown Hyæna 446 CHAPTER XXXVI. THE AUSTRALIAN RACE. Physical Conformation of the Australians--Their Low State of Civilisation--Their Superstitions--Their Wars--Singing and Dancing--The Corrobory--Division of the Nation into Great Families--Rules Regulating the property of Land and the Distribution of Food--Skill in Hunting the Kangaroo and the Opossum--Feasting on a Whale--Moral Qualities and Intelligence of the Australians 466 CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SLOTH. Miserable Aspect of the Sloth--His Beautiful Organisation for his Peculiar Mode of Life--His Rapid Movements in the Trees--His Means of Defence--His Tenacity of Life--Fable about the Sloth refuted--The Ai--The Unau--The Mylodon Robustus 477 CHAPTER XXXVIII. ANT-EATERS. The Great Ant-Bear--His Way of Licking up Termites--His Formidable Weapons--A Perfect Forest Vagabond--His Peculiar Manner of Walking--The Smaller Ant-Eaters--The Manides-- The African Aard Vark--The Armadillos--The Glyptodon--The Porcupine Ant-Eater of Australia--The Myrmecobius Fasciatus 482 CHAPTER XXXIX. TROPICAL BATS. Wonderful Organisation of the Bats--The Fox-Bat--The Vampire-- Its Blood-Sucking Propensities--The Horse-Shoe Bats--The Flying Squirrel--The Galeopithecus--The Anomalurus 490 CHAPTER XL. APES AND MONKEYS.