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pound spots; the face is spotted; the chin white; the breast ismaikcd with small spot*, anii the belly is white spotted with black.One of this species liom the 1'.. Indies, was kept ill the tower otLondon several years ago.
VIII. F. Leopardis, the Leopard , differs from the pantherand the ounce, in the beauty of his colour, which is a lively yel-low, with smaller spots than those of the two latter, and disposedin groups. lie is larger than the ounce, and less than the panther,being about four feet long, and the tail from two to two and a halffeet, lie inhabits Senegal and Guinea; and spares neither mannor bead. When beasts of chace fail, the leopards descend fromthe internal parts of Africa in crowds, and make great havocamong the numerous herds that cover the rich meadows of thelower Gn.nea. It tears its ’prey to pieces with both daws andteeth; but is always thin, though perpetually devouring. 'Hiepanther destroys numbers of them.
IX. I’. Lynv Canadensis, the Canadian Lynx, has paleyellow eves, and erect ears tutted with long black hair. The ho-tly is covered witli soft and Jong fur, cinereous tinged with tawny,or grev mixed with while, and marked with black ordu-ky spots,more or less visible in different subjects, dependent on the age orseason in which the animal is killed : the legs are strong and thick;the claws large, (t is about three times the size of a cat; thoughonly about a foot high, and the tail is four inches l .ng, tipt withblack. This species inhabits the vast forests of North America .It is called in Canada le chat nervier, or le ioup cervicr, on ac-count ot its being so destructive to deer; which it drops on fromthe trees, like the pum , and, lixing on the jugular vein, neverquits its hold till the cvhau-ted animal fall* through loss of blood,The Kn. Ish call it a w,!d eat. It is very destructive to theyoung pig-, poultry, and alt kind of game. The skins are in highesteem for me softness and warmness of the fur ; and great numbersare annually imported into Europe .
X. E. Ly tx Chaus, the Caspian Lynx, has a round head, alittle more obiong than that ot the common cat; shining riMlesseye-, with a. most brilliant golden pupil; ears erect, oval, awl lin-ed with while hairs; their outside reddish, their summits tuftedwith black. The loirs are coarser than those of the cat or com-mon lynx, but less sc than thorn of the wolf, '['hey are shorteston the head, but on the top of the back above two inches long.'I he colour of the head and body is a yellowish brow n ; the breastand belly of a bright brown nearly orange. The tail readies onlyto the flexure of the leg; is thick and evlindrtc; of the same eolour with the back, tipped with black, and thrice obscurely amm-lated \vilh black near the end. In general appearance it has theform of the domestic cat.
NI. F. Lynx Vui.garis, the Common Lynx, is about twofeet and a half lung, and la inches high. He has a great resem-blance to the common eat; but bis ears are longer ami tufted, andhis tail much shot ter: his head and body are of a greyish colourtinged with red ; bis hair is streaked with yellow, white, and black,colours. The lynx inhabits the vast tovests ol the north of Europe ,Asia, America, and Japan . Ilis eyes are brilliant, his aspect issolt, and his air is gay and sprightly. Like the cat, he covers hisUrine with earth; he howls something like the wolf, and is heard•it a considerable distance ; lie does not run like the dog or wolf,‘Hit walks and leaps like a cat; he pursues his prey even to thetops of trees; neither wild cats nor squirrels can escape him; hebes in wait lor stags, goats, hares, weasels, birds, &c. and dartsSuddenly upon them; he seizes them by the throat and sucks theirblood, then opens the head and eats the brain; after this, he fre-T'^nt'y leaves them and goes in search of fresh prey'. The colour
. his skin changes according to the season or the climate; theWinter furs aie more beautiful thryi those of summer. These turs? ie valuable tor their softness and warmth', numbers are annuallyimported from North America, and the north of Europe andAsia ; the farther north and east they are taken, the whiter they* re r.'i'i'[r'' e more distinct the spots.
t ■ i" ® NCA ’ American Tiger, the Jaguar of Billion, is of
blight tawny colour; the top of the back marked with long^npes of black; the sides with rows of eye like annular spots,
koltps\® r ° WS Slze ot a " °' t > ai >d even larger, inhabits the
Buenos Ayres. It is fierce, and destructive to man and beast.Like the tiger, it plunges its head into the body of its prey, andsucks out the blood before it devours it. It makes a great noisein the night, like the howling of a hungry dog; and is vertcowardly. It is easily put to flight, either by’lhe shepherds’ dog*,or by a lighted torch, being very fearful of lire. It lies in ambushnear the sides of rivers; and there is sometimes seen a singularcombat between this animal and the crocodile. When the jaguarconies to drink, the crocodile, ready to surprise any animal that,approaches, raises its head out of the water: upon which the form-er instantly strikes its daws into the eyes of this dreadful reptile,the only penetrable part, who immediately' dives under the water,pulling his enemy along with it, where they commonly bothperish.
XHI. F. Parpalis, the Mexican Panther, or Ocelot ofBillion, has its head, back, upper part of the rump, and tail, of abright tawny ; a black stripe extending along the top of the back,from head, to tail; and trom thp nostrils to the corners of the eyes,there also runs a stripe of black ; the sides are whitish, markedlengthways with long stripes of black, hollow and tawny in themiddle, in which are sprinkled some small black spots; the legsare whitish, varied with small black spots; and the tail is also va-ried with small spots near its base, and larger near the end, whichjs black. It is above tour times the size of a large cat, and strong-ly made. It inhabits Mexico , Calilornia, the neighbourhood OfOatthagena, and Brasil .
XIV. F. Pardus, the Panther, is about the size of a large dog,and has a great resemblance to a domestic cat. The tongue isrough, and remarkably red; the teeth are strong and sharp; theskin is exceedingly beautiful, being of a yellow or bright tawnvcolour, variegated with roundish black spots, and the hair is short.Each spot is composed of four or five small spots, with a singlespot in tlie centre. He has a cruel and ferocious aspect; his mo-tions are brisk and lively; his cry resembles the growl of an en-raged dog, but is more strong and rough. The panther inhabitsAlrica, from Barbary to the remotest parts of Guinea. The spe-cies is next in size to the tiger; next to it in cruelty, and in its ge-neral enmity to the animal creation : it is to Africa what tire for-mer is to Asia , with this alleviation, that it prefers the flesh ofbrutes to that of mankind ; but when pressed with hunger, attacksevery living creature without distinction.
XV. F. Serval, the Servac, has the upper part of the bodyof a dusky brow n, interspersed with round black spots ; the bellyand the. orbits of the eyes are white. This animal, which is verytierce and untameable, inhabits the woods in the mountainous part’sof India and Thibet ; where it lives in trees, and breeds in them.It scarcely ever descends on the ground ; but leaps with greatagility from tree to tree.
XVI. F. Tigris, the Tiger , according to some authors, i*larger, and, according to others, somewhat less, than the lion. M.de la Landemagon assures us, that he has seen a tiger in the EastIndies liiteen feet long, including undoubtedly the length of the(ail, w hich, supposing it to be four feet, makes the body of thetiger about eleven feet in length. The skeleton preserved in thelate royal academy at Paris, indicates that the animal was about sevenfeet long trom the point of the muzzle to the origin of the tail; butthen it must be considered that he was caught young, and lived allhis days in confinement. The head of the tiger is large and round-ish ; and the ears are short, and at a great distance trom eacliother. The form of the body lias a great resemblance to that ofthe panther. The skin is of a darkish yellow colour, striped withlong black streaks; the hair is short, excepting on the sides of thehead, where it is about four inches long. The point of the tail isblack, and the rest of it is interspersed with black rings. His legsand claws resemble those of a lion, only the legs are much shorterin proportion to the size of the animal. The tiger is more fero-cious and savage than the lion. Although gorged with carnage,his thirst for blood is not appeased; he seizes and tears in pieces anew prey with equal fury and rapacity, the very moment after de-vouring a former one; he lays waste the country he inhabits; heneither dreads the aspect nor the weapons of men; slaughterswhole troops of domestic animals; and attacks young elephants,,rhinoceroses, &c. and sometimes even braves the lion, himself.The tiger seems to have no other instinct, hut a constant thirstafter blood, a blind fury which knows no bounds or distinction,and which often stimulates him to devour his own young, and to
teat.