56 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 



The difference between the cat and dog seems, in a way, to 

 warrant this statement. 



Although it is likely that many efforts have been made to 

 domesticate the other larger felines, no distinct success has 

 attended these experiments. A large Asiatic cat known as 

 the chetah is somewhat used in hunting for sport, but the 

 species has never been adopted in any definite way. In fact, 

 with all the larger cats, including the lion, which is structu- 

 rally a little apart from the other members of the group, the 

 size and furious nature of the animal have made it impossible 

 to begin the process of selection which has been the means 

 whereby the wilderness motive has been replaced by that 

 of the household in the case of all other domesticated 

 beasts. 



