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embark and get off with part of the young Ones. The Flesh 

 of this Beast is eaten by the Savage Indians, who say it is as 

 sweet and good as Beef. The Tygei- is much larger than a 

 Gray-liound, with shining Eyes, crooked Nails, sharp Teeth, 

 and Feet having many Toes ; they love their young extreamly, 

 which may be tam'd by giving them Opium, as it is reported ; 

 the Fat is good against Palsies, &c. 



The Panther is of the species or kind of Cats, is near as 

 large as the Tyger, and much of the same shape, the Skin is 

 of a reddish or whitish Colour, finely mottled with small 

 round black Spots, and the Hair is short and mossy. It is 

 said, all four-footed Beasts are wonderfully delighted and en- 

 ticed by the smell of the Panther, but that their frightful 

 Countenances soon scareth them away, wherefore they hide 

 their Heads 'till they come within reach of their Prey, which 

 they leap upon and quickly devour. They climb Trees with 

 the greatest agility imaginable : They are very strong limb'd, 

 and will catch and take a piece of Meat from any Creature 

 they strike at. Their Tails are exceeding long, and their 

 Eyes are large and of a grayish colour, yet look very fierce 

 and sparkling. They are very destructive to the Planters, 

 being a swift Beast of Prey, devouring Swine, Deer, or any 

 other Creature they can Master. No Creatures are so nice 

 and cleanly as these in their Food, and when they have got 

 their Prey, they fill their Bellies with the slaughter, and care- 

 fully lay up the remainder, covering it very neatly with 

 Leaves and Boughs of Trees, which if any other Creature 

 happens to touch, they will never eat any more of it. They 

 pur like a Cat, and such is the wildness of their Nature, that 

 altho' taken young, they are never to be tamed. They will 

 hollow in the Woods like a Man, by which means many have 

 been deceived, supposing it to be some of their Acquaintance 



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