-* Leopards 



when quite young. Young leopards were brought to me 

 in the month of February ; and in Zanzibar I obtained 

 at the same time two cubs, which I brought with me to 

 Europe. 



The call of the leopard is a peculiar, snarling, mewing, 

 characteristically cat-like cry, and is often to be heard at 

 evening and during the night ; I have sometimes heard 

 it in the afternoon. Many authors declare that leopards 

 seldom, if ever, touch a carcase as their prey, but rather 

 seek some live animal to drink its blood. I have met 

 with no evidence in proof of this statement, so often made 

 as if from personal observation. 



Asa matter of fact, I have caught about forty leopards, 

 and they were almost all secured by traps skilfully baited 

 with dead game, whereas traps which were on certain 

 occasions baited with live goats attracted the leopards 

 less than the others. I have learnt, too, that my method 

 of capture became much appreciated in East Africa after 

 I had obtained such excellent results. Naturally many 

 hundreds of my carriers have given descriptions of it all 

 over the country. 



For two reasons these results which I obtained are 

 perfectly comprehensible. Firstly leopards, according to 

 several observations I have made, are accustomed to hang 

 up the remnants of their prey on the branches ot trees 

 or bushes, sometimes quite high up, alter they have 

 devoured the heart and liver and buried the entrails. In 

 this way the leopard unquestionably helps another of 

 his kind to a meal that he has not been able to obtain 

 for himself. In consequence ot this habit the attention 



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