. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . It resembles in fierceness and subt-lety the other animals of the cat kind,preying upon hares, rabbits, mice and oth-er small animals. Nor does it confineitself to small game, but sometimes des-troys larger animals, such as deer, sheep,calves &c. This it is said to do by drop-ping upon them from branches of trees,clinging upon their necks with their sharpclaws and opening their jugular veinsand drinking their blood. Sheep and lambshave sometimes been destroyed by themin this
. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . It resembles in fierceness and subt-lety the other animals of the cat kind,preying upon hares, rabbits, mice and oth-er small animals. Nor does it confineitself to small game, but sometimes des-troys larger animals, such as deer, sheep,calves &c. This it is said to do by drop-ping upon them from branches of trees,clinging upon their necks with their sharpclaws and opening their jugular veinsand drinking their blood. Sheep and lambshave sometimes been destroyed by themin this state. This animal is found inlarge numbers in the vicinity of HudsonsHay. Their skins are valuable and theHudson Bay Company procure annuallyfrom seven to nine thousand of them. Theflesh of the Lynx is used for food and issaid to resemble that of the hare. It is atimid animal and makes but little defencewhen attacked. Its gait is by bounds butnot swift. It swims well and will crosslakes 2 miles wide. It breeds once a yearand has two young at a time. Chap. 2. QUADRUPEDS OF VERMONT. TIIK KAY LYNX. :ata THE BAY rufa.—Guildensted. Description.—Color yellowish, or red-dish brown. Inferior parts of the throatwhite, or whitish. Eyes encircled witha whitish band. Front and portions aboutthe upper lip striped with darkish; hidesyellow. Ears short, tufted with blackhair springing from the back of the ear,near the tip. Inside of the legs spottedwitli brown. Tail short, terminated with•lurk brown, nnd obscurely banded.—Fringe of hair longer than in other partsnear the base of the jaw. Ears surround-ed posteriorly with a black border, withinwhich is a triangular patch of yellowishwhite. Length of the head and body, 2ft. \\ inches; tail, 4 inches; height, 16inches. History.—This animal has been fre-quently met with in our woods, and hasperhaps been most generally known bythe name of Wild Cut. It is, however, tobe distinguished from the smaller wildcats with lon
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