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make a deep, lasting impression. The different native names, 

 as pronounced in Spanish, sound very appropriately to the 

 note, and it is likely that the cry of the animal forms the 

 base of its names. The note itself is often several times re- 

 peated, with intervals of from two to four minutes. As night 

 advances, the cry is heard but rarely.' He also writes : ' A 

 Puma was killed on the Rio Brava, between Fort Duncan and 

 Laredo. During his struggles with the hunters and Dogs he 

 raised a terrible cry, twice or thrice, to express his rage, and 

 perhaps also to give his family the notice of danger.' Dr. J. 

 A. Allen reports that he once heard the Puma's cry near his 

 camp in Montgomery, Colorado. Elliot likewise states that he 

 heard the cry of the Puma at night, whilst camping on the St. 

 John's River, Florida. He did not, however, se; the animal." 

 Darwin writes that the Puma "is a very silent animal, utter- 

 ing no cry, even when wounded, and only rarely during the 

 breeding-season." 



In captivity, the Puma, when pleased, purrs after the manner 

 of the Domestic Cat ; and the female has been heard to utter 

 a kind of mewing noise. The Puma is one of the most easily 

 tamed of the Cat tribe, becoming not only perfectly harmless, 

 but even much attached to its owner. A wonderfully tame 

 individual formerly in the possession of Kean the actor, used 

 to follow its master about like a Dog, and was often introduced 

 into the company of strangers. Writing of the specimen de- 

 picted in Plate VIII. of the present volume, Jardine observes 

 that "it was extremely gentle and playful, and showed no 

 symptoms of ferocity to the strangers who came to see it. Its 

 motions were all free and graceful, and it exhibited the greatest 

 agility in leaping and swinging about the joists of a large 

 unoccupied room in the old college of Edinburgh." For the 

 following additional particulars we are indebted to the account 

 given by Mr. Wilson. " It rejoices greatly in the society of 



