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TIGER OF THE NEW WORLD. 



race-horse, and returned no more. When day 

 dawned, it was apparent, from the print of his huge 

 feet, that he was full-grown. 



THE JAGUAR. 



Jaguars are very numerous on the wooded banks 

 of the Essequibo ; they kept up a continual roaring 

 every night while Waterton continued there. The 

 sound was awfully fine; sometimes it was in the 

 immediate neighbourhood, at other times afar off, 

 and resounded among the hills like distant thunder. 



These animals are solitary, they hunt by night, 

 and inhabit the thickest forests, such especially 

 as clothe the precipitous banks of great rivers. 

 You may see them, when the moon shines bright, 

 stationed along the shore, or on some broken rock 



