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are so vigilant as invariably to detect the hunter and flee before 
they can be approached. They climb trees in search of 
domestic fowls, and carry off as many as six in a night, some- 
times leaving several dead behind them. ‘They avoid menand 
Dogs with extreme caution, and each pair inhabits a separate 
district, as may be inferred from the fact of the male and 
female, and no more, being always caught on the same spot.” 
Referring to some specimens kept in captivity, the same 
author observes that ‘‘they spent almost the whole day rolled 
up in the shape of a ball, and the one which wished to stretch 
himself did not do so until he had first licked the “‘ Chibi-guazu ” 
at his side. Whenever we put straw into the den, or within 
their reach, so that they could seize it by putting their paws 
through the bars, we always found on the day following that 
they had placed it in a heap, after dividing it into chips a 
quarter of an inch long ; and on these they reposed. In the 
same manner they broke and tore in pieces all the small sticks 
or twigs with which the inside of their den was furnished. They 
spent the twilight and night in walking to and fro close to the 
sides of their den; and if another ‘‘Chibi-guazu” crossed or inter- 
rupted this exercise inany way, they puffed and made gestures 
like a Cat when irritated, without using their paws ; but they 
never quarrelled, except when very much irritated, and then 
they struck at each other with their fore-paws. When first 
caught, they devoured five pounds of flesh each day, although 
they were subsequently satisfied with three. We prepared a 
ration for each of the twelve or fourteen individuals, and each 
took it with its paws according to the length of time they 
had been in captivity, without the others offering the slightest 
molestation, but if the Cat, whose turn it was to receive a por- 
tion, disregarded, or did not devour it immediately, another 
snatched at it, and the lawful proprietor made no defence, save 
by sneezing, and occasionally by giving blows with its fore-paws 
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