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'~l~

t,¡l, v'h:ch, fuppofing it

be fuu.

f:t,

ril~cs t h~

::0,ly

t~.c ti~( r

abollt

fen iu h gth.

T~c

¡h lelOn

r¡ef~rrcd

in th: c;,bi"c¡ of the Freneh king. indicatts

In,t the anim,11IVas . buut

fut long flOm

th~

po:n¡ of

li,¿

7.zl"

¡u tl:c orinin

¡he tJil ; bl,t ¡hen it mui! be

<oo(¡Jmu that he

w,¡<

cau~ht

j'uuog,

""j

hred . 11 h,s

d,) s iD cOil:'r.tmC,,¡.

he h,'a,1 01' tll< ¡iger is I..rgc a"d

fo~o~i'h;

ard the ears arc !hort, aoJ at a

~rca¡

,bil,oce

from eaeh utl:cr, The furmof ¡he body has a

t:'W

re–

femolaoce ¡Othat of

¡h~

pJother. The n,to is of a ddl kifh

ydlo\\' colour, flrirtd wilh I ,ng black tlnaks; ¡he hair

;, fhon.

e~ceptin~

on the (,de¡

01'

thc hJad , "Ime it is

abou¡ fuur inchts long. T!,c point of ¡he tail is black,

f:od the rell of i¡ is iomfl'erfed \\'il h black nngs. His

legs and dJW9 refemble Ihde of

lioo, ooly ¡he legs

~re

mlleh !horter io prorortioo tOIbe (¡ze 01' the animal.

'ne tiger is more lerocious, crud, and farage thJO

The

Iioo. Allhough gorged,with carnage, his IhirH for

blood is not appeafed; he fLizcs and Icm io pieces a oew

prey lVill¡ equal fury and rap.city, Ihe \'f:ry momeol af·

ler derouriog a fo rmtr or.e; he lays wa!!e Ihe couotry

he iohahils

he oeither dreads the afpea nor the wea·

poos of Oleo; puts 10 de' lh whole troops of domefiic a–

nimals ; aod amcks yO\1og elephaots. rhinoceros's,

'~nd

fo:netimes ereo br.res the lioo himfelf. The tiger

[ecms

lave no otlter infliné! bUI a confiant thirfi

afler b1oaJ, a bliod fDly \\'hich knows 00 bounds'or dUo

lio<:lioo. a8d whiclt of:en flimulatts him 10 deyour his

own yOllOg, and

teH Ihe motber in pieces fur eodea–

vouriog

defcnd them. He lies in wail al the baoks of

rivers,

&c.

where the hea: of the

elim.te

obligts Ihe o·

mer animals to repair foe dr·:ok. Here he feizes his prey,

or rathcr muhipltes his m. fl'acres: for he no foooer kills

ooeaoimal, thao he Bieswith equalfuryupoo the next, with

other vicwbUI topluoge io his head inlo their bcdiesand

¿riok their bloou. HOIVever, IVhen he kills alargeaoimal, as

a hOlfe or abuffalo, he fometimes does OOt leae out ¡he

entraih on Ihe fpo·t; but, lO preveol any iOlerruptioo, he

drags them off tothe wood, which heexeculeswith incre·

dible fwiftoefs. This is a ["fficieot fpecimeo of the

flreogth of Ihis rapa,cious aoimal.

Neither force, refiraint, or violence cao tame the ti·

ger. He i9 equally irrilaltd wilh good as wilh bad

Irealmenl: he lears the haod whi"h

n~uri!hes

him witll

equal fury as Ihal which admioiflers blows: he rom,

and is eorzged at the(,ght of eyery Eving crealure. AI–

moU every natural hiUol ian agrees in Ihis horrible cha–

raéter. Whcn viewiog ¡he bcautifu l liger which i9

prefenl exhibiling io the city of Edioburgh, IVe at firft

ftlfpeéled that his charaéler was 001 fo bad or ferocious

as repr&oled by hiflorian9: he allo'NeJ Ihe keeper oot

ooly to come ocar hilO. hut

lIroke his head aod lake

~,is

paw io his hand. Howcver, Ihis appe.red to be on·

Iya forced cOOlplaifaoce; he was chaiotd fo clofe

the

floor, Ihal he had oolyjuft room

flaod: hefnulcd and

,~arcd

"hen I,is maller Iroubled him more thao he io–

clined .; and, upon Ihrowing him a p:ece of nenl, his eyes

inUantly fp"kl ed \Vilh roge; he ptll himrelr io a ponurc

of d<feoce, fu up Ihe moff horrible roariogs, aotl made

{"mi bQunds to get al ¡he keep';r as well

:tS

Ihe fpelta.

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No.

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ís

h~rpy

íLr

Ot~l !r ~nim

dJ,

t!n~

lh,

rp('~ics

o( t1.::

ti ..

t er ;s not

n~l:ll~rtJtiS,

allU

lO.U

{hey

,lit: (or.Jill\:j

tI)

(h¿

wai01

cli:nates. The)' are fo,tocJ. io )1. I.b.r, SiJr.l, 13eog1,;,

the iOle rior pdltS 01' :\¡'rica, JO¿,

r,eue"l, io all the

regioos Ihat ate inhabit,J by

th~ ~kl'll,.nl

. Ild rhiuoceros.

The tiger 1139 al'N.I)'! beeo a

""'1'(

rare animal Ihao tI:e

lioo. ,od

y~1

bling' fonh ao cg"al numb... of young.

n.",eIy, four or ¡ive

a I(((er.

l'h~ f~male

is furious.!

all times ; but. ,,·hen her )'ouog ate ottempleu to be t.–

keo from hcr, her rage is reJoubleJ:

¡h ~

bra' el ever;

danger; fh e ptllfues the r2l'ifhers,

"'ho

He obligcd, II'hen

hard preff,d, to drop one of the )'o'lOl in

orJ~r

retaru

her motioo ; Ote (tüps,

t~kes

i¡ up, ,nd carries il

iOI~

fome fecre t pm or th" foreH; bu¡ flle ioflantly returos

aod purfues th" huntm iOlO Iheir village, or bom.

Toe tiger moves

th~

n,io of his face, griods his teeth,

aod

rom,

I,ke ¡he lion

but the found of bis voice il

difl'eren!.

, 3. The

PA NTHER.-lt

is about Ihe(¡ze of alargedog,

aod

¡MS

greal refemblaoce to a domeUic cato T:le

loogue is rough aod remarkably red, the teeth are

nroo~

aod Iltarp; (he Ikio i, exceedingly beAuliful, oeing 01' •

yellow colour,

vari~gmd

I'.'i,h rounlinl

b:"_~ í~OlS,

and

¡he hair is nlOr!.

The panther has a cruel aoc ferocious afpea; 1::;

010·

tioos are brilk aod lirdy ; his cry ref,mbles thal of a.

eoragcddog, bUI more flrong aod rough. He is not fo pero

fe(lly ungoveroable as the tiger : bUl, nOlwithfhndiog all

auempts ¡O render him obcJieo¡ aod traé!able, he may

mher be faid lObe fu bducd Ihao tamed; for he oel'ereo.

lirely lofes his oatural ferocity. Aecordingly, wheo kept

with a view

huntiog bucks, gom, or other aoimal"

grea¡ Care is necefl'ary io traioing him. and flill greatcr

in condué!ing him. Wheo leading Ou t 10 the 6e1d, they

pUl him io acage aod carry him 00 a can . Wheo ¡he

game is fpruog, Ihey open Ihe door of the cage; he iD–

Haotly fprings towards Ihe animal, 01'ten feiw hi:n in a

feIV bouod" IhrolVS him 10 thegrouod, and flrangles hiOl.

But, if he happen9 to mifs his aiIP, he becomes mad with

rage, and fomelimes falls upoo his maller, IVho, in order

to prevent accideots of Ihis kind, geoerally carriesalong

\Vith him pieces 01' flc!h, or perhaps alamb or a kid, which

he tllfo\V9

himin order

.ppeafe his fnry.

The p,nther is no where to be found Imt in Afrioa,

and Ihe regions of Ihe [odies.

'fhe

OseA

ONCE,

is Icf, thao ¡he pao'her

the

lail is longer; Ihe hair is likewife looger, anu or a whitifh

grey c010ur. The or,ce is eafily lamed; and is emploj'_

cd in huoliog io feveral p,rt! 01' Afia, where dogs are

very fcarce. He has .001 the ddicate fceO! of a dog ;

does not troce olher anlmal¡ by thc (mell ; neither canhe

ruo Ihemdown in • fair chafe ; bUI lies io wail for their

approach, and Iheo dartS upoo Ihemuna \Vares. He leaps

fa nimbly. that he eafily ckars a ditch or a wall

f~l'eral

fw high: beGdes, heoflenclimbs trm, ..aits till fome

aoimal p,dres, ,od ioflaotly lelps down upon them. This

method of catching their prey. is prHélifed by the pao–

Iher aoel lecpJfd, as

thc once.

5. The LEO PA RD dilrel 9 from the paother aod tite

ooce io the beallt)' of his colonr, whiclt is a lively ycl-

10IV, "ith [¡n. liLr fpots thao thofe Qf ti,e t\Vo lalter, anJ

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