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" This fierce animal was shot in the interior of 

 Guiana, hy an officer of Lewenstein's Riflemen, and 

 by him stuffed and sent to England, for his Royal 

 Highness the Duke of York, but probably never 

 reached its destination. A whimsical occurrence 

 took place with it. The gentleman who had shot 

 it, placed it on the awning of the boat to air, as he 

 was descending the river Paramaribo ; the boat often 

 passed under the branches of large trees, which over- 

 hung the river, and on which were the resting-places 

 of numerous monkeys, sometimes hanging to the ex- 

 tremest branches above the water. Although the 

 vessel would on other occasions excite but little at- 

 tention, no sooner was the stuffed specimen in sight, 

 than the whole community would troop off with pro- 

 digious screams and bowlings. It was of course sur- 

 mised, from the excessive terror of these animals, 

 that this species of cat must be an active enemy to 

 them. 



" This animal was larger than the wild cat. The 

 head was remarkably flat and broad ; the ears large 

 and round ; the body slender ; the tail just touched 

 the ground when the animal was standing ; the legs 

 were very strong ; the colour of the neck and back 

 was whitish-grey ; the head, throat, shoulders, sides, 

 belly, and inside of the limbs, white. The back was 

 marked with lengthened streaks of black, edged with 

 tawny ; and towards the shoulders and thighs, with 

 streaks of tawny. There was a black streak from 

 the corner of the eyes to the jaws, and some barry 



