There is, it must be admitted, considerable difference between the singing noise of a lion when full, and his deep, gruff growl when hungry.

In general the lion's voice seems to come deeper from the chest than that of the ostrich, but to this day I can distinguish between them with certainty only by knowing that the ostrich roars by day and the lion by night.
The African lion is of a tawny color, like that of some mastiffs.

The mane in the male is large, and gives the idea of great power.

In some lions the ends of the hair of the mane are black; these go by the name of black-maned lions, though as a whole all look of the yellow tawny color.

At the time of the discovery of the lake, Messrs.