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OF THE CAT TRIBE IN GENERAL, 



THE animals of the present tribe are, on the 

 whole, perhaps, more savage and ferocious than 

 the last. In their manners they are extremely 

 different. They da not, like those, unite in packs, 

 and openly run down their prey, oppressing it by 

 the power of numbers; nor have they the faculty 

 of tracking it by scent. They are, for the most 

 part, solitary animals, inhabiting the deep recesses 

 f woods am! forests, about which they lurk till 

 prey comes within their reach, when they spring 

 upon it at a single, but oftentimes enormous 

 bound, and seldom fail to secure it. 



As an adequate recompence for what is generally 

 supposed a want of smelling in the feline tribe, the 

 animals possess an unusually" quick sight. This, 

 with respect to their mode of lying in ambush 

 for prey, is of essential service to them ; and by 

 it they are enabled to seize many creatures, which 

 otherwise they would, lose. 



The greater part of the animals are inhabitants 

 only of torrid climates. Among these we enume- 

 rate the Lion, Tiger, Panther, Leopard, Ounce, and 

 the various kinds of Lynx. Some are confined ex- 

 clusively to the old, and some to the new continent ; 



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