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 It is said that sometimes he will drive one or two oxen home before him all the way to his den, where his wife and cubs are waiting for their food. (See Picture No. 3.)

In this way, by these nightly visits, the Arabs sometimes have their whole flocks and herds carried off.

Although the lion seldom leaves his den during the day, yet when he is hungry he may be found roaming over the plains.

There, large herds of wild asses and antelopes go trooping along.

They scent the lion at a great distance; and when they hear his voice, they scour away over the desert like the wind.

In their terror, some of them come near the place where the lion lies hid. Then he couches, his eye glares, and with one bound he springs on his prey.