n a favourite attitude of very young cats. The lion standsupright before her in a proud, extended attitude like that of thecolossal lion from Nimroud (Plate VIII.) ; his head and the hindparts of his body are unfortunately missing. 1 A lion hunt is to be found in the bas-reliefs of Assurnazirpal,… … 2 § O o On the Representations of Animals. 155 Elsewhere we find the lion cautiously emerging from a stoutly-built timber cage (Fig. J&). He has been captured in a netor snare and shut up in this narrow prison until the day of somegreat hunt.1 When that arrives the door is raised at a…
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