72 WILD BEASTS OF THE WORLD 



Its remarkable inoffensiveness, compared with that of most other 

 large Cats, has been alluded to, and is especially shown by the fact that 

 specimens have been allowed to go about outdoors among people ; but 

 the Puma does not hold with the proverb " Love me, love my dog," and 

 is generally roused to fury at the sight of this hated animal. That 

 caged Pumas should not always be amiable is not surprising, seeing 

 that Dogs themselves notoriously become surly if tied up too much, 

 so that there seems good reason for regarding the Puma as being as 

 much unlike the Leopard in nature as it is in colour of coat. 



