160 Miscellaneous Facts and Ohervations. 



course, the range of this animal over the globe is 

 very extensive: 



d. Some species of Sciurus, or Squirrel. 



Specimens, or skins» of all these animals have been 

 transmitted to, and are preserved in, the Pealean 

 Museum, ih Philadelphia. 



Editor. 



7. In New-Mexico, there is found a beautiful ani- 

 mal, which, perhaps, may be the true Leopard. Its 

 skin is a fine yellowish-\\hite colour, spotted elegantly 

 with brown and blackish spots. General Wilkinson 

 carried one of the skins of this animal with him, from 

 this country. They are said to possess enormous 

 strength : relations are given of their carrying away 

 the carcases of horses and bullocks. If this be true, 

 they must be larger and more powerful than the Pan- 

 ther*, which seldom attempts to carry away any thing 

 above the size of a hog, or large calf. 



William Dunbar, Esq. 

 Letter to the Editor, dated Natchez^ 

 March \st, 1801. 



• Felis concolor of Schreber, best known, in many parts of the 

 United-Stales, by the name of Painter. 



