. The naturalist in La Plata . theenemy is thrown or driven off. Pigs, when inlarge herds, also safely defy the puma, massingthemselves together for defence in their well-knownmanner, and presenting a serried line of tusks tothe aggressor. During my stay in Patagonia apuma met its fate in a manner so singular that theincident caused considerable sensation among thesettlers on the Rio Negro at the time. A mannamed Linares, the chief of the tame Indians settledin the neighbourhood of El Carmen, while ridingnear the river had his curiosity aroused bv the The Puma, or Lion of America. 39 appearanc
. The naturalist in La Plata . theenemy is thrown or driven off. Pigs, when inlarge herds, also safely defy the puma, massingthemselves together for defence in their well-knownmanner, and presenting a serried line of tusks tothe aggressor. During my stay in Patagonia apuma met its fate in a manner so singular that theincident caused considerable sensation among thesettlers on the Rio Negro at the time. A mannamed Linares, the chief of the tame Indians settledin the neighbourhood of El Carmen, while ridingnear the river had his curiosity aroused bv the The Puma, or Lion of America. 39 appearance and behaviour of a young cow standingalone in the grass, her head, armed with long andexceedingly sharp horns, much raised, and watchinghis approach in a manner which betokened a stateof dangerous excitement. She had recently droppedher calf, and he at once conjectured that it hadbeen attacked, and perhaps killed, by some animalof prey. To satisfy himself on this point he beganto search for it, and while thus engaged the cow.
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