Liberia ^*- 



from the north at one time or another, from beyond the 

 forest at any rate. 



The Leopard is universally found throughout the country, 

 though not quite so abundant at the present day in the 

 vicinity of Monrovia as it was ten or fifteen years ago. I have 

 seen one or two exceedingly large skins of this animal at Monrovia 

 in the possession of Dr. Ernest Lyon, American Minister, one 



271. HEAD OF GROUND-KAT (THRYNOMYS), TO SHOW HARE AND RATHER 

 DEPRESSED NOSTRILS 



skin being almost equivalent to that of a small lioness in size, 

 though shorter in the legs. This skin was very boldly marked 

 with large black rosettes, and like all forest-dwelling leopards 

 in Equatorial Africa, more resembled the Indian variety than 

 the smaller-spotted leopard of the African open country. The 

 leopard is much dreaded everywhere for its ferocity and 

 cunning, and it enters considerably into the folklore of the people. 



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