 Scottish stags at the rutting season, they roar loudest in cold, frosty nights; but on no occasions are their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so intensely powerful, as when two or three strange troops of lions approach a fountain to drink at...  The Sportsman - Page 13Full view - About this book
 | 1851
...would not Mm! that deep pleasure, which he evidently does feel, in a concert of lions. " Lions," ho says, " like our Scottish stags at the rutting season,...member of each troop sounds a bold roar of defiance at tho opposite parties ; and when one roars, all roar together, and each seems to vie cith his comrades... | |
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...would not find that deep pleasure, which he evidently does feel, in a concert of lions. " Lions," be says, " like our Scottish stags at the rutting season,...roar of defiance at the opposite parties ; and when one roars, all roar together, and each seems to vie with bis comrades in the intensity and power of... | |
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