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THE LYNX. 



ern of Asia and America; has bright eyes, a mild aspect, and 

 upon the whole a lively and agreeable appearance. He is about 

 the size of the unce. His ears are erect, with tufts of black hair 

 at the tips ; his tail is short, and also tipped black ; his fur is 

 extremely valuable, of a pale grey color, sometimes with a reddish 

 tinge, obscurely marked with small, dusky spots on the upper 

 parts of the body ; the under parts are white. He advance's by 

 leaping and . bounding, and will scale the loftiest trees, so that 

 neither *>he wild cat nor squirrel are more secure than the sta:; or 

 the hare. He always fixes on the throat of the animal, and when 

 he has sucked the blood, leaves the carcase; thus ivvrling in 

 destruction, and doing immense mischief among the weaker and 

 moro, harmless inhabitants of the forest. He is extremely difficult 

 if not impossible to tame. The Caracal, or lynx of the ancients, 

 is common in Barbary, Arabia, and Southern Asia. lie is nearly 

 three feet in length, including a tail of about ten inches ; in height 

 is about fourteen inches: his ears are black and tutted; the fur on 

 the upper part of the body is of a reddish-brown, the under part 

 and iuside of the legs white. He follows (it is said) the lion, and 

 feeds on the left fragments of his spoil ; but his common faro is 

 small animals and birds. The kindest usage cannot always over- 

 come his native fierceness, but like the former, he will sometimes 

 even turn upon the hand that feeds him. 



