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THE jaguar is the largest, most powerful, and the most 

 ferocious of the feline tribe, which are natives of the Ameri- 

 can continent. It is often called the American tiger ; and 

 in manners it bears no inconsiderable* resemblance to that 

 formidable animal, and even its size and strength are not 

 much less. In some of the accounts, however, it has been 

 confounded with the larger spotted cats of the eastern conti- 

 nent, from which it is readily distinguished, both by the pe- 

 culiarity of its markings, and by its form and manners, which 

 are more to be depended on, though the markings are fully 

 as striking. The greater number of the spots, at least upon 

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