. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . ; the fpots onthe fides are more irregular j thofe on the legs and thighsfmall, and thinly difperfed : The tarl is f ufl of hair, irre-gularly marked with large black fpots, and upwards ofthree feet long. It is common in Barbary, Perfia, and China 5 is muchmore gentle than the Leopard; and, like the Hunting-Leopard, is fometimes trained to the chafe. Inftead ofbeing conveyed in a waggon, it is carried on the crupperof tlie Horfe, is as much under command as a Setting-Dog, returns at a call, and jumps up behind its mafter. HISTO
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . ; the fpots onthe fides are more irregular j thofe on the legs and thighsfmall, and thinly difperfed : The tarl is f ufl of hair, irre-gularly marked with large black fpots, and upwards ofthree feet long. It is common in Barbary, Perfia, and China 5 is muchmore gentle than the Leopard; and, like the Hunting-Leopard, is fometimes trained to the chafe. Inftead ofbeing conveyed in a waggon, it is carried on the crupperof tlie Horfe, is as much under command as a Setting-Dog, returns at a call, and jumps up behind its mafter. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 217 The fcent of the Ounce is not fo fine as that of theDog. It neither follows animals by their foot, nor is itable to overtake tliem in a continued chafe: It huntsfolely by the eye, and makes only a few fprings at itsprey. It is fo nimble, as to clear a ditch or a wall ofmany feet. It often climbs trees to watch animals thatare paffing, and fuddenly darts upon them. It is fuppofed to be the Lejfer Panther of Oppian, andthe Fanthera of THE JAGUAR,{Felts Oncoy Lin.—Le Jaguar, BufF.) Is the moft formidable animal of the netv continent, ra-ther larger than the Panther, with hair of a bright-tawnycolour. The top of the back is marked with long ftripesof black ; the fides beautifully variegated with irregularoblong fpots, open in the middle; the tail not fo long asthat of the Ounce, and irregularly marked with largeblack fpots. 2i8 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. It is found in the hotteft parts of South-America; isvery fierce ; and, when prefled with hunger, will feme-times venture to feize a man. The Indians are much afraid of it, and think it prefersthem to the white inhabitants, who, perhaps, are betterprepared to repel its attacks. In travelling through thedefarts of Guiana, they light great fires in the night, ofwhich thefe animals are much afraid. They howl dreadfully; their cry, which is expreflivcof the two monofyllables—hotiy hou^ is fomewhat plain-ti
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