The vague hope of procuring occasional though
irregular supplies through connivance on the part of
some ill-judging friend or through a too lenient
laxity of restraint, (and none stronger can be exer-
cised under domestic influence alone), is sufficient
of itself to keep awake an appetite, that through
severer discipline might in time decline into dor-
mancy. The lion though tamed must be confined to
his cage, for with the very first snuff of blood those
velvety paws may sprout all at once into barbs and
tenter-hooks.
