flliNTING TUB COUGAR. 



CHAPTER LVIII. 



HUNTING THE COUGAR. HUNTING SQUIRRELS. 



O OTHER animal of the cat kind 

 is so formidable a-s the Cougar. Il 

 is found in North America. 



The Coug-ar is sometimes im- 

 properly called Panther. It \a 

 the largest animal of the cat kind 

 found in North America, and has 

 occasionally received the name of 

 American lien, from the similarity 

 of its proportion and color to the 

 iion of the old world. The cougar may be stated to be about one- 

 third less in size than the lien, and has no mane nor tuft at the ex- 

 tremity of the tail, which is about half the length of the body and 

 head. The skin of this animal is clothed with a soft and close 

 hair over the limbs and body, of a brownish yellow color, or a 

 mixture of red and -blackish, with occasional patches of a rather 

 deep reddish tint, which are only icmarkable in certain lights, and 

 disappear entirely with the age of the individual. A dark red i* 



