. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . rey, and not unfre-quently destroys his own young. Sometimes he forms his ambush on theborders of rivers and streams, where other animals are compelled to repair,by the heat of the climate, for their drink; but his velocity in running is sogreat, that few creatures escape inevitable destruction. These animals are peculiar to Asia. They are generally natives ofBengal, the kingdoms of Siam, Tonquin, Sumatra, and China, also thecountries north of China, the Indus,
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . rey, and not unfre-quently destroys his own young. Sometimes he forms his ambush on theborders of rivers and streams, where other animals are compelled to repair,by the heat of the climate, for their drink; but his velocity in running is sogreat, that few creatures escape inevitable destruction. These animals are peculiar to Asia. They are generally natives ofBengal, the kingdoms of Siam, Tonquin, Sumatra, and China, also thecountries north of China, the Indus, and those of Southern Asia. Buffonsays they are also found in Southern Africa; but Mr Pennant observes, thathe could find no authority for his assertion, inasmu-h as the animals calledtigers by Ludolphus and Kolben were only the leopard or panther. Thesame gentleman also observes, that this animal is, by an improper misnomer,given to Africa and America. The natives of Sumatra are so infatuatedwith the belief that they are animated by the souls of their ancestors, thatthey seldom destroy ihem. MAMMALIA—JAGUAR. 185 THE JAGUAR,!. Which is sometimes called the American tiger, is one of the most formida-ble animals of the New World. He is to be found in the southern divisionof America, from Paraguay to Guiana; but ha does not appear to inhabit tothe northward of the Isthmus of Darien. Even in the south the race isgradually growing more rare, in consequence of the double temptation todestroy him, which is offered by the desire of getting rid of a beast sodestructive to the flocks, and by the high price which is obtained forhis skin. More robust and more clumsy than the leopard, he is also much superiorin size, as he often measures four or five feet from the nose to the root ofthe tail. His head is larger and rounder than the leopards, his limbs areshorter, and his tail is of such a length as only to allow the tip to trail onthe ground when the animal stands erect. Above the line of
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