EKOMPF the wildcat is 



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one of the savage beasts ***t^ 

 that have not yet vanished from the 

 haunts of men. Sometimes, as you 

 clamber up the wooded hillside above the 

 farm, you will come suddenly upon a fierce- 

 looking, catlike creature stretched out on a 

 rock sunning himself. At sight of you he 

 leaps up with a snarl, and you have a swift 

 instant in which to take his measure. He 

 is twice as big as a house-cat, with round 

 head and big expressionless eyes that glare 

 straight into yours with a hard, greenish glit- 

 ter. His reddish-brown sides are spotted 



