The Naturalists Library volume 16
The Naturalists Library volume 16
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j- The figures in this volume are drawn without regard to the proportional size of the species, but the dimensions of each are given in the descriptions. A proportional scale wrould have reduced the lesser animals to a very small size.
88 THE The Lion at present is an inhabitant of the greater part of Africa, and the warmer districts of India. In the days of antiquity, the range seems to have been much more extended, and reached to the Eu- ropean boundary. Lions were even found in the mountains... of northern Greece; and, according to Herodotus, the camels which carried the baggage of the army of Xerxes were attacked by them in the country of the Pseonians, one of the races of Mace- donia. In Africa, they may now be said to be ex- tirpated from the line of coast, and nearly mark the boundary of civilization; while Mr Bennet remarks, that "In the sandy deserts of Arabia, and in some of the wilder districts of Persia, and in the vast jungles of Hindostan, he still maintains a precarious footing ; but from the classic soil of Greece, as well as from the whole of Asia Minor, both of which were once exposed to his ravages, he has been utterly dislodged and extirpated.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
j- The figures in this volume are drawn without regard to the proportional size of the species, but the dimensions of each are given in the descriptions. A proportional scale wrould have reduced the lesser animals to a very small size.
88 THE The Lion at present is an inhabitant of the greater part of Africa, and the warmer districts of India. In the days of antiquity, the range seems to have been much more extended, and reached to the Eu- ropean boundary. Lions were even found in the mountains... of northern Greece; and, according to Herodotus, the camels which carried the baggage of the army of Xerxes were attacked by them in the country of the Pseonians, one of the races of Mace- donia. In Africa, they may now be said to be ex- tirpated from the line of coast, and nearly mark the boundary of civilization; while Mr Bennet remarks, that "In the sandy deserts of Arabia, and in some of the wilder districts of Persia, and in the vast jungles of Hindostan, he still maintains a precarious footing ; but from the classic soil of Greece, as well as from the whole of Asia Minor, both of which were once exposed to his ravages, he has been utterly dislodged and extirpated.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Jardine to read onlineMoreLess
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