THE LEOPARD. 1638 
Dissimilar as are the lion and Tiger, there has been an example of a mixed offspring 
of these animals, the lion being the father and the Tigress the mother. The lion had 
been born and bred in captivity, and the Tigress had been, captured at a very early age, 
so that the natural wildness of their character had been effaced by their captive life, in 
which they felt no need to roam after living prey, as their daily sustenance was always 
forthcoming, 
Tt has “already been mentioned, that the young of the lon are marked with faint 
stripes of the tigrine character. Similar streaks were observed on the fur of the Lion-Tiger 
cubs, but they were darker than those of the lion cub, and were permanent instead of 
vanishing as the creature increased in years. The shape of the head was like that of the 
lion, while the contour of the body resembled that of the Tiger. These curious little 
creatures were too valuable to be entrusted to the care of the mother, and therefore were 
removed immediately after birth, and placed under the fostering care of a goat and several 
dogs. Under this treatment they throve well, but did not reach maturity. This is not 
the only instance of a hybrid breed between the lion and Tiger. Although Europeans do 
not seem to succeed very perfectly in taming the Tiger, many native Tdians meet with a 
better reward for their labours. Some of the fakirs or mendicant priests have so far 
subdued the savage nature of the Tiger, that they permit their fierce favourites to wander 
at large among the jungles and to enter or leave their rude dwellings at pleasure. They 
give these tame Tigers no raw animal food, but supply them with a mixture of boiled rice 
and ghee. One of these men was accustomed to walk in the streets of a neighbouring 
town accompanied by his favourite Tiger, which followed him like a dog, without requiring 
even the frail bondage of a cord and a collar, The inhabitants of the town were quite 
accustomed to the man and the beast, and felt no alarm when this strange pair prome- 
naded their streets. English visitors, however, could not exhibit an equal stoicism, and 
were rather uneasy at the inquisitive air with which the Tiger walked round them. The 
fakir had wisely prohibited all people from touching his ‘prindled favourite, to which 
caution it is probable that much of his success was owing. The natives were withheld 
from infringing this command by the dread of religious anathemas which were liberally 
threatened by the fakir, and the English visitors were respectfully begged to adhere to the 
same rule. However, in this case, such a precaution was totally unnecessary, for they 
felt in no way inclined to diminish the distance between themselves and the perilous- 
looking animal that regarded them with curious eyes. 
Unlike the Tiger, which is confined to the Asiatic portion of the world, the LEopArD 
is found in Africa as well as in Asia, and is represented in America by the Jaguar, or, 
perhaps, more rightly, by the Puma. 
This animal is one of the most graceful of the graceful tribe of cats, and, although far 
less in dimensions than the tiger, challenges competition with that animal in the beautiful 
markings of its fur, and the easy elegance of its movements. It is possessed of an ac- 
complishment which is not within the powers of the lon or tiger, being able to climb trees 
with singular agility, and even to chase the tree-loying animals among their familiar 
haunts. On account of this power, it is called by the natives of India “ Lakree-baug,” or 
Tree-tiger. Even in Africa it is occasionally called a “ Tiger,’ a confusion of nomenclature 
which is quite bewildering to a non-zoologist, who may read in one book that there are no 
tigers in Africa, and in another, may peruse a narrative of a tiger-hunt at the Cape. 
Similar mistakes are made with regard to the American felide, not to mention the nume- 
rous examples of mis-called animals that are insulted by false titles in almost every part of 
the globe. For, in America, the Puma is popularly known by the name of the Lion, or 
the Panther, or “Painter,” as the American forester prefers to call it, while the Jaguar | 
is termed the “ Tiger.” 
In Africa, the Leopard is well known and much dreaded, for it possesses a most crafty 
brain, as well as an agile body and sharp teeth and claws. It commits sad depredations on 
flocks and herds, and has sufficient foresight to lay up a little stock of provisions for a 
future day. A larder belonging to a Leopard was once discovered in the forked branches 
of a tree, some ten feet or so from the ground. Several pieces of meat were stowed 
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