. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . O2 212 HISTORY OF THE PANTHER,{Felis ParduSi Lin.—La Patithere^ Buff.) Is next in fize to the Tiger, and has, by many natural-ifts, been miftaken for that animal.—Its hair is fhort andfmooth; and, inftead of being flreaked like the Tiger, isbeautifully marked on the back, fides, and flanks, withblack fpots, difpofed in circles, from four to five in each,with a fingle fpot in the center j on the face, breafl, andlegs, the. fpots are fingle : The colour of the body on theback and fides is yellow, deep on the back, an
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . O2 212 HISTORY OF THE PANTHER,{Felis ParduSi Lin.—La Patithere^ Buff.) Is next in fize to the Tiger, and has, by many natural-ifts, been miftaken for that animal.—Its hair is fhort andfmooth; and, inftead of being flreaked like the Tiger, isbeautifully marked on the back, fides, and flanks, withblack fpots, difpofed in circles, from four to five in each,with a fingle fpot in the center j on the face, breafl, andlegs, the. fpots are fingle : The colour of the body on theback and fides is yellow, deep on the back, and paler to-wards the belly, which is white: Its ears are fhort .andpointed; its eye is reftlefs; .and its whole afpeft fierceand cruel. It is an untameable; animal, and inhabits Africa, fromBarbary to the remoteft parts of Guinea. Its manner of taking its prey is the fame with that ofthe Tiger,—always by furprize, either lurking in thick-ets, or creeping on its belly till it comes within prefled with hunger, it attacks every living crea- HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 213 ture withou
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