THE OCELOT l.'H 



were unacquainted. The native goodness of your dk- 

 position renders it unnecessary that I should remon- 

 strate against the brutal cruelty of those who excite 

 dogs to lacerate and worry so useful a domestic ani- 

 mal as the tame cat, and feel a sottish pleasure in. 

 contemplating a spectacle worthy of being exhibited 

 only before a barbarian. 



In my next I shall diversify the scene, by calling 

 your attention from a creature so generally known, 

 to others with which you are less acquainted, and 

 which w r ill therefore move forcibly excite your curio- 

 sity. In the mean while with sincere affection, 



I am, dear Sir, 



Your's, &f. 



LETTER XXV IL 



"There sublimM 



To fearless lust of blond, the savage race 

 Roam, iicenc'd by the shading hour of guilt." 



THOMSON. 



DEAH SIR, 



I AM now going to lead you forward in the survey 

 of this ferocious tribe of animals. We will begin our 

 ramble among the weaker sort of those which are 

 usually denominated the cat kind, and which, if" 

 through a deficiency of strength, they are less to be 

 dreaded than those of a larger size, possess the same 

 ferocity of disposition as the most formidable. Among 

 these you will indeed find some most beautiful form;-,, 

 but all characterized by the same propensity to car- 

 nage and blood. This observation you will, in the 

 first place, find verified in the 



OCELOT. 



This animal, when k has taken its prey, is said U> 

 prefer the blood before the flesh. A male and a fe- 

 male Ocelot, which had been taken very voting, 

 were some years ago brought to Paris. At the a>t* 

 of three months they became so strong and ticr'je 



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