. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . in twohundred yards of it: in her they sometimes find a more formidable enemythan in the male, although much inferior in point of size and strength, butmore subtle and crafty; their bite is difficult to heal, and the Llanero thinka wound from a jaguar a great disgrace ; so much so, that a young aspirantfor th title of guapo, who had the misibrtune of being wounded in a ren- 188 MAMMALIA — centre, was so much ashamed of acknowledging it, that he s
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . in twohundred yards of it: in her they sometimes find a more formidable enemythan in the male, although much inferior in point of size and strength, butmore subtle and crafty; their bite is difficult to heal, and the Llanero thinka wound from a jaguar a great disgrace ; so much so, that a young aspirantfor th title of guapo, who had the misibrtune of being wounded in a ren- 188 MAMMALIA — centre, was so much ashamed of acknowledging it, that he suffered a mortification sooner than expose the wound, although he was well aware thewomen possessed a salve that would cure him. THE BLACK TIGER .1 This animal is a native of South America, and is generally considered asa very ferocious and destructive heast. It is about the size of a heifer of ayear old, and is entirely of a deep brownish black color on the upper parts,and of a pale gray, or whitish hue underneath ; the upper lip and paws arealso whitish, but the tail is of the same dusky appearance as the body. THE PANTHERi. Resembles the tiger in its habits, and the leopard in its skin. Like thetiger, it has an insatiable thirst of blood, and an untamable ferocity;like the leopard, its skin is spotted, but is less beautiful than the skin ofthat animal. It seems, in truth, only a large variety of the leopard. Thepanther is usually more than six feet long, independent of the tail, whichis about three feet in length. In Africa, one was killed by Major Denham,which was more than eight feet in length. His hair is short, sleek, andmossy, and his color is, in general, of a bright tawny yellow, elegantlymarked with black spots, disposed in circles of four or five each, with asingle spot in the centre : his chest and belly are white. He has short andpointed ears, fierce and restless eyes, a strong, harsh cry, and a savageaspect. So rapid are his movements that few animals can escap
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