Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . leopard saw a man approaching it made up its mind and sprang so quicklythat the dog was taken by surprise. The leopard seized the dog by thethroat and by dint of claws and teeth bore it to the ground. Before the interfere the leopard had regained its feet without loosening its hold onthe dogs throat and literally dragged it off into the jungle. The dog strug-gled manfully to get away but in spite of its size it was no match for thegreat cat and it was never seen alive again. The leopard probably weighed less than the dog and if so this
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . leopard saw a man approaching it made up its mind and sprang so quicklythat the dog was taken by surprise. The leopard seized the dog by thethroat and by dint of claws and teeth bore it to the ground. Before the interfere the leopard had regained its feet without loosening its hold onthe dogs throat and literally dragged it off into the jungle. The dog strug-gled manfully to get away but in spite of its size it was no match for thegreat cat and it was never seen alive again. The leopard probably weighed less than the dog and if so this incidentdoes credit to its enormous strength. Of course the leopard had an advantagein being quicker in movement and also armed with sharp teeth and power-ful claws. In one sense the chances of the pair were about even for neithercan be said to have taken the other altogether by JAGUAR PULLING DOWN A TAPIR. ABOUT TAPIRS AND CAPYBARAS There are two animals, one large and the other small, living on the SouthAmerican Continent that always seem to be having a hard time of it w ith theother creatures. The Tapir is a large inoffensive sort of a creature, with a snout betweenan elephant and a pigs. While shooting in a forest on the upper Amazona hunter came across the fresh footprints of a tapir. He followed them forsome time until he came to an open space among the trees. There he sawthe tapir standing as still as though it were made of rock. The creaturesback was towards him, and the hunter could see that the poor creatureattention was riveted upon a huge serpent, only a few yards away from hunter was tempted to fire as he very much wanted a tapir, but hewaited awhile to see what would happen. This hunter had been in many parts of the world, and from time to time,he had been lucky enough to witness the most terrific battles between variouswild creatures, an
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