Half Man, Half Lion

Oíd man Aristotle, who is even now regarded vvith great respect, was a whistler when it carne to turning in interesting yarns about animáis and nien in foreign parts. He says there is a beast in India that has three rows of teeth in each jaw, is as big as a lion, but has ears and a face like a man's. Its eyes are gray and its body is red. It has a tail like a scorpion with a stinger in it. Its voice is lüe a pipo and a trumpet. It is not less swift of f oot than a stag, and is wild