THE CHETAH. 215 
The fur of this animal is rather variable in its colouring, and it is found that the coat of 
the female is rather more yellow than that of the male. The tail is marked with several 
dark rings upon a w hitish ground, the tip of the tail being black. 
The general tint of the fur is a deep grey, sometimes varied by a reddish tawny hue, 
and sometimes plentifully besprinkled with black hairs. On the upper part of the legs 
there are some very faint stripes of a ruddy brown, and two similar bands may be observ ed 
on the sides of the face. When young, the fur is marked with dark stripes ‘and blotches, 
which are found sparingly on almost eve ry portion of the body, but are most conspicuous on 
the sides. It is spread over the two vast continents of Asia and Africa, being found in 
the southern parts of India and the greater part of Africa, from Egypt and Barbary 
to the Cape. 
Its food consists of the smaller quadrupeds, and such birds as it can capture. It is 
by no means a large animal, being barely two feet in leneth exclusive of the tail, which 
measures rather more than a foot. 
CHETAH.—Gueparda jubéta. 
Tae beautifully marked and elegantly formed creature which is represented in the 
accompanying engraving is worthy the attention of all who are interested in the wondrous 
influence which can be exerted by the human mind upon the very being of the lower 
animals. The CHETAH, Youze, or Hunting Cat, as it is indifferently named, is, ike the 
last-mentioned animal, an inhabitant of Asia and Africa. It is rather a large animal, 
exceeding an ordinary leopard in stature. This superiority in size appears to be greater 
