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r~r1,

McI~r

J~eeil'e lh~

enem)', lhal )'OU may

redil)' ¡lIike hilll in anolher.

fimpl. feinl is

mere mOlion of lhe \\'rif!, WilhoUI

f!i" ing lhe foot.

FELAPTON,

io losie, one of lhe fix firf! modes of

lhe lh"c1 figure or fyllogiCms ; whmor lhe firn propo·

filioo is all

uni'~rCal

ncgative, lhe Cceood ao uoiverCal

alli,.malive, aod lhe lhird a particular negalive.

FELlN, a 10IVOof Livooia, aboul ao huodred miles

nonh·eaf! of Riga.

n :L1S,

lhe

CAT,

a genus of

qua~rupeds

belonging to

lh~

oroer of ferre, lhe charaéler, of whieh

~re

lhefe:

The fore lwh are equal; lhe mol. res or grinders have

lime poinlS; lhe longue is furnilbed Wilh rough Ibarp

priekles, and poinling backlVards ; aod lhe e1alVs are

Ihmhed, and relra8ile. . This genus comprehends

feveo genera,

vit.

..The

LEO,

or L, o

T he largef! lions are from eight

10 nioe feel io Icnglh, aod from fou r

eighl feel high :

thoCe of a fmaller fize are generally abOUl

fcel

long, and aboul

3':-

high . Bis head is very lhiek, and

his faee is befel on

.11

fides ...ilh long bulby yellolVilb

hair; this Olaggy hai r eXleods frolu lhe IOp of lhe

he,d 10 belolV Ihe Iboulders, and hangs' down 10 his

knees: Ihe belly and breall are Iikewife coverrd Wilh

lo"g hair. The ref! of lhe body is comed lVilh

very

OlOn hair, exeepling a bulb al ,he poinl of Ihe lai!.

The em are roundilb. Ibon, and almof! ealirely eoo–

wled under Ihe h3ir of his front. The lbaggioeG of

Ihe fore.pan of his body makes lhe hinder pan have

naked appearance. The lail is long and very (lrong;

Ihe legs are Ihick and Relby; and lhe fm are Iban ;

the lenglh of ,he e1aws is aboul an ineh and a quarter,

are of a whililb eolour, very erooked, and can be ex·

tended or retra8ed inlO ,he membranous Olealh at

plearure: Their poi",s are fddom bluoled. as ,hey are

oever eXlended bUI when he Ctizes his prey.

Thefemale, or lionneCs, ba, no mane, or Inog hair a–

houl her head or Iboulders; in her we fee diflID81y lhe

whole faee, head, ears, neck, 01Oulders. breaO,

&c.

all lhefe pans being in fome meafure eoneeakd un–

der lhe long hair of lhe male, give lhe fcmale a rery

eliffmol appemnce: hefides, Ibe is eoofider.,bly ItC,

lhao lhe male. Thi hair of bOlh male and female is

of a yellowilb eolour, aod whilial on lhe fidlS and

belly.

lo warm collnlries, quadrupcds in general are lar–

ger aod f!rooRer lh,n in lheeold or l<mp",.,e climales.

They are likewiCe more fieree and hardy; all lheir na–

lur.1qualilies C.em10 eorrefpood Wilh lne ardour of

lhe elinme. The lions nourilhed

und~r

lhe f"orehing

fun or Arriea or lhe Indies, are Ihe O100Ilror.g, fierec,

aod lerrible. Thofe of monl1l Ada" whoJe

101' "

fomeumes eovercd Wiln fnolV, ue neilher fo Itrong or

fa (croeious as tllOf< of I:ldcdulgtrid or

Za~ra.

1'.

ho(~

rl" ns are covered \'Iilh burning f.,nd. JI is In lh,:.

hOl anJ barren dcfa"" lh.u lhe lion is Ihe drcaJ 01

l~avell<rS,

arod lhe feourr.e of lhe nli¡;hho'" iog

1" 0-

' ~oe~s.

BUl il i, a h.ppy ci,eumllAnce lhAl lhe (" -

CltS '\

not \'crv

nllmcrous:

dlry

lVen

appl..'H

climi·

nl~l

d"ly.

Tite

Romal's, f,)'s !I1r Sh.w,

b' OII~h¡

O1ar.y more lions OUl of L)'bia for lhe;r

Fu~:ie r..~\\'S'.

Ihan are

no\'l

la be founel

,h..

eOlln" y.

is hkc.

wife remalked, lhal lhe lions in Tur!:cy, l'erfid, and

lhe Indies are lefs numerOllS ,han formerly. As lhis

formidable and eourageous animal makes a prey of

moO olher aoimals. and is I,imlelf a prey la none,

lhis diminnlion in lhe number of ,he (peeies can.

owing la nOlhiog hUI an inereaCe in lhe nllmher of man,

kind: fo r il mull

aeknowledged, lhal lhe Orengln

of lhis king or animals is nOl a match for lhe dexIe–

rily and addrtfs of a Negro or HOllCOIOI, who will

oflen dare 10 attack him faee 10 faee, and lI'ilh l'er1

nighl weapoDs.

The ingenuilY of mankind

~ugmeou

wilh lheir numo

her; lhal of olher animals eontinucs a1w:ys lh=fame.

AII ,he noxiou, ani'mals, as lhe lion, are redueed 10

a fmall number, nOl only heeaufe maokind are heeome

more numerous, hUI likewiCe beeaufe lhey have beeome

more ingenious, and have invented weapoos \'Ihich no–

Ihing'ean refill. This fu periorilYin ,he numbers andin–

duf!ry of maokind, al ,he fame lime lhal il has broke

lhe vigour of lhe lion, feems likewiCe lObave enerva–

ted his eourag:-. This.qualilY, lhuugh nalural, is ex–

alled or lowered aeeording 10 lhe good or bad Cueeefs

Wilh whieh aoy aoimal has

b~en

aeeu!lomed 'o employ

his force. In lh. vaf! deCans of Zaara; in 'lhoCt

whieh feem10feparale livovery differenl raees of mell,

Ihe Negloes and Moors, helween Senegal and lhe

houndaries of Mauritaoia; in lhofe uninhabiled regions

above lhe eountry of lhe HOllenlO"; and, in general,

in all Ihe meridional pans of Arriea and Afia, IVhere

mankind have difdAined la dwell, lions are nill

nu–

m~rous,

and as feroeious as evcr. Aeeullomed 10

meafu re lheir Orenglh by lhal of all olher animals

whidl lhey eneounler, lhe habil of eooql1ering renders

lhtm haughlY and intrepid. I-!Jving nel'er experieneed

lh<(lIenglh of lOan, or lhe power of his arms, inOead

or eliCcoveriog any (¡gns o( fear, lhey diCd,io and fel

¡,im al d. (¡anee. Wounds irrilale. hUI do nOl lerrify

1:lem: lhey are nOl even diCeonecrted al lhe fighl of

numbers.

fingle lionof lhe OeC", has been knolVn

10 amek a whole earal'ao; and ir, afler a violeOl and

obUinale eogagemeol, he found himfclf wc.lkrneJ, he

retre.l!s fighling, always keeping his ("ce 10 lhe rnem)'.

On lhe olher hdnd, lhe liaos wl"eh lil'e nrar lhe vd–

lahes or hulS of ,he Indi.IOs or !\frie.,os, bcing ae–

~u"il1lrcllVilh

m.IO

aou Ihe falCe of his arDlS, are fo

o"Udidly as 10

and leave lhe:.. pr,l' al lh,

fi~11t

worncn or children.

This

fO(I"OIn~

in lhe lempcrao¿ difpofil ion ofIhelion,

O'OIVS llt.U he is earable 01 cu lture, and

C"C,~plible.

le.Olo a

eCll~in

<legrec, of lhe imprellioos lh" he 'e–

eeives: "eeonlingly, I·.i!lory iof"rms

of liollS yokcd in

triumph~1

chariots, trained

la WM.

or (he

dlJt:e:

anct

lhM. r.I·llrful

,heir m.lIlers,

l~ey

ne\'t r cmpl"yed

lheir Urroglhorcouroge bUl ,¡;-inO l:,(i,.,

nt~ics.

11is,

howlver,

cCllí\in,

tll.,1

alil n

Ittl.l.!n

)onn~

,lnd

hronght

"1' amon¡: t!'lmd!te "mmal" will

",ily be acculf"llcd

1(1

I¡ve

~nd

fr,,,l \Vilh ,hem ; lha! I:e

II1d,l an l 'd–

rdling

tI)

11Is

nUnl!f, erptCli4l1y

\dun ht'

i,;

) CHll1g;

a.id

lh•

.>,

lfh:s n.!lur.1 r"U:ilj

fO"l.:I:!I.~

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