Chapter V: NOTES ON THE LION (concluded)

Method of opening a carcase--Removal of paunch and entrails--Lions
skilful butchers--Paunch and entrails not usually eaten--Lions
not bone-eaters--Will eat putrid meat--Will sometimes devour
their own kind--Number of cubs at birth--Check on inordinate
increase of carnivorous animals--The lion's roar--Diversity
of opinion concerning its power--Probable explanation--Volume
of sound when several lions roar in unison--A nerve-shaking
experience--Lions silent when approaching their prey--Roar after
killing--And in answer to one another--Lions only roar freely in
undisturbed districts--Lions essentially game-killers--But change
their habits with circumstances--Killing lions with spear and
shield--Bambaleli's splendid courage--Lions killed by Bushmen with
poisoned arrows--Behaviour of domestic animals in the presence of
lions--Cattle sometimes terrified, at other times show no fear
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