Panama and the canal . Panama Humming Birds. NO LARGE ANIMALS 50. with birds and flowers that the more brilHant the phimageor coloring, the k^ss is there of pleasant song or perfume. As Ave pass on through thejungle a timid deer may hereand there be seen. Thereare snakes, too, numerousand poisijnous, and we musthave a care lest we be seri-ouslv bitten. But in thesewoods there are no animalsof large size, like the lions orelephants or other great game<jf Asia and Africa. Unlessone of us were alone andwithout a gun, he need ha\-eno fear. The largest and most dan-gerous animal is tlie jaguar.
Panama and the canal . Panama Humming Birds. NO LARGE ANIMALS 50. with birds and flowers that the more brilHant the phimageor coloring, the k^ss is there of pleasant song or perfume. As Ave pass on through thejungle a timid deer may hereand there be seen. Thereare snakes, too, numerousand poisijnous, and we musthave a care lest we be seri-ouslv bitten. But in thesewoods there are no animalsof large size, like the lions orelephants or other great game<jf Asia and Africa. Unlessone of us were alone andwithout a gun, he need ha\-eno fear. The largest and most dan-gerous animal is tlie jaguar. It can sometimes be foundeven as far nortli as Texas and inhabits the woods andiun^des of all Central and South America. - ^ _ The Jaguar This jaguar is the largest of the Americanwild animals of the cat family and sometimes grows tobe ten feet long from nose to tip of tail. It is a sort ofcousin of the leopard or panther of Asia. If we canimagine a cat as large in body as a Newfoundland dog butwith short yellowish-brown hair and a long tail, and markedall over
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