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insects, and otlier creatures fall victims to the ijisatiate appetite of this ravenous 

 animal. 



This poAverful and vigorous animal even ventures to catch and eat the mail- 

 clad hurtle. In performing this feat, the Jaguar leaps bodily upon the 

 reptile, and with an adroit turn of its paws, throws the tm-tle on its back, so that it 

 cannot escape. The Jaguar then tears away the head and neck, and inserting his 

 paw into the orifice thus formed, sweeps out the whole ?f the interior as neatl}! 



