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Stories of Animals, Fantastic and Mundane, Edited By Andrew Lang

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	RECOLLECTIONS OF A LION TAMER 163 ' Oh, no !' exclaimed the audience with one voice, ' by no means awake him !' and this was just as lucky for me. By means of this same ruse I succeeded, day after day, in drawing fresh spectators. At Marseilles alone, where I made a stay of three weeks, after paying off all expenses I had a clear gain of 100l. This sum I laid out in fresh purchases—a lioness named Saida, two hyenas and two
	THE LION TAMER OFFERS TO WAKE THE (STUFFED) CROCODILE 1
	wolves, next a panther, and, later, a bison and a black bear. These last were the cause of a disagreeable scene that took place one night at Avignon. After an unusually heavy day, I was sleeping peacefully in my waggon, when I was aroused by an appalling noise, bellowings of pain and furious growlings, accompanied by terrible blows, which m 2