Other Carnivora 



The leopard is very fierce, and many authorities 

 hold that it is more dangerous than a lion or 

 a tiger, and it certainly is endowed with enormous 

 vitality. They are worse nuisances to the colonist 

 in East Africa who goes in for sheep and cattle 

 ranching than the lion. When one hears a lion 

 roarine it means that he has fed ; otherwise the 

 tremendous noise, that can be heard for miles 

 on a tropical night, would put all the game on the 

 qui vive ; but the leopard never makes any noise 

 at all at night, sneaking all round the place and 

 looking for a hole to get in at. The only noise 

 he makes is sometimes by day, when he may be 

 heard coughing in his den right up on the cliff 

 side in a mountainous district. A man-eating 

 leopard is a distinctly nasty animal, as he goes 

 about it in such a stealthy manner. 



The leopard and cheetah are found anywhere 

 and everywhere, but are, as I said, usually come 

 upon by chance. 



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