Skip to content

Monthly Archives: December 2014

Terrific Combat.

Saturday, December 27, 2014
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, October 11, 1834

About eleven O’clock in the afternoon we cast anchor in the Burchura Nuddle, with an extensive forest on both sides; when at about a hundred yards from us, an alligator came out of the river, to enjoy his noontime sleep in the rays of the sun. After remaining there about an hour, apparently in a […]

Filed in Alligators, Big Cats | Tagged | Comments (0)

Black Lion.

Saturday, December 27, 2014
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, June 22, 1900

A black lion has lately been added to the collection of animals in the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris. Lions of this color are found only in the interior of the Sahara, and are scarce even there.

Filed in Big Cats | Tagged | Comments (0)