. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 128 THE BEASTS OF PREY. a second lasso, which is pulled in the opposite di- rection. Sometimes he is caught in pitfalls or killed with spring guns put near his prey. The fur of the Jaguar is of slight value and is seldom used in any way except as a rug. Von der Steinen, who has tried Jaguar flesh, says that the first animal was tough, but the second " tasted like roast pork. The cutlets would have been excellent cooked with red ; Certain parts of the Jaguar's body are used as medicines. THE OCELOT. _^ The Ocelot {
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 128 THE BEASTS OF PREY. a second lasso, which is pulled in the opposite di- rection. Sometimes he is caught in pitfalls or killed with spring guns put near his prey. The fur of the Jaguar is of slight value and is seldom used in any way except as a rug. Von der Steinen, who has tried Jaguar flesh, says that the first animal was tough, but the second " tasted like roast pork. The cutlets would have been excellent cooked with red ; Certain parts of the Jaguar's body are used as medicines. THE OCELOT. _^ The Ocelot {Felis pardalis) is a smaller American Cat. His length is about four feet, of which the tail takes up about one foot and a half, and his height at the shoulder is about twenty inches. The body is proportionately strong, the head rather large, the tapering tail moderately long, the ears short, broad and rounded, the pupil of oblong, ovoid shape ; the fur is thick, soft, lustrous and marked with bright, well-harmonized colors. The general color is tawny good as moonlight to him, in fact, he prefers those that are stormy, as he can then slink into farmyards unperceived and work destruction at his. own will. In dark nights the farmer has need to lock his poul- try yard with extra care, for if the Ocelot succeeds in entering he will work fearful havoc. In the woods his sustenance consists of birds, small mammals, young Roes, Pigs, Monkeys, Rats, Mice, etc. Ocelots live in couples within a circumscribed territory. When the sportsman has seen one he may look for the other in close proximity, but more than two are never found in one locality. Male and female do not go out for prey together, nor do they help each other in the hunt or in an attack. The Ocelot does comparatively little mischief to Man ; he is too much afraid of Man and of his Dogs to approach human dwellings. Only houses that are very near woods receive an occasional visit from this animal, and even then he has designs onl
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