It is upon the open plains--where the great ruminants love to roam, and among the low bushy thickets that skirt them, that the lion affects to dwell.
He lives upon flesh,--the flesh of many kinds of animals, though he has his favourites, according to the country in which he is found.

He kills these animals for himself.

The story of the jackal being his "provider,"-- killing them for him,--is not true.

More frequently he himself provides the skulking jackals with a meal.

Hence their being often seen in his company--which they keep, in order to pick up his "crumbs." The lion "butchers" for himself, though he will not object to have it done for him; and will take away their game from wolf, jackal, or hyena--from the hunter if he can.
The lion is not a fast runner--none of the true _felidae_ are.