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this matter, afliired me it was fe£t, relying on the au- 

 thenticity of their forefathers' relations. Further reports 

 refpefting this animal have in part flipped my memory, 

 wherefore I omit making any mention of the fame. 



The panther is not confidered hy the Indians zs,fuch a 

 ravenous animal, as by the white people he is reported 

 to be. I know but of one inftance, where an Indian was 

 nigh being attacked by one of them, but this was owing 

 to the Indian's approaching his den. The Indian how- 

 ever found means of killing him, and taking the young, 

 which he brought down to Philadelphia, which was 

 about the year J 770. This animal, the Indians fay, lives 

 chiefly on deer, which it either by flynefs catches itfelf, 

 purfues after they have been crippled by the hunters, or 

 takes from the wolves after they have caught them. 



If hereafter, I fhall have an opportunity of getting 

 further information refpedting the naked bear ; I will 

 freely communicate the fame to you. 



Believe me to be, Dear Sir, 

 Your truly affed:ionate friend, &c. 



JOHN HECKEWELDER. 



N°. XXXII. 



^Experiments and Obfervations on Land and Sea Air. By 

 Adam Seybert, M. D. 



Rfiad March A N endcavour to add any fads or obferva- 

 10, 1797- jfX tions to a branch of knowledge, which has 

 been treated of by many of the moft enlightened philofo- 

 phers of the prefent century, may be deemed a hazardous 

 attempt. But although we have many accounts of eu- 

 diometrical experiments by. Prieftley, Fontana, Ingen- 



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