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row stripes on the back, and Math numerous round 

 small spots on the legs and sides; the belly is 

 whitish, and the chin of a pure white : the tail is 

 barred with black : the length of the animal is two 

 feet and a half. It inhabits North America. 

 Mr. P. adds, that it grows very fat, and is consi- 

 dered as a mild and gentle animal. The species 

 mentioned by Buftbn, under the title of Chat 

 sauvage de la Caroline, is supposed by Mr. Pen- 

 nant to be the same animal ; it is described by 

 Buffon from a coloured drawing communicated to 

 him by Mr. Peter Collinson, and is said to be of 

 the size of a common Cat, and of a clear brown 

 colour mixed with grey, and striped on the back 

 and sides with longitudinal marks of black along 

 its whole length, from head to tail : tfte tail was 

 annulated with black and white, and the abdo- 

 men pale, and spotted with black : the legs were 

 also spotted ; and on each side the nose beneath 

 the eyes was a large black spot. 



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In the same volume of his supplement, Mr. 

 Buffon gives a figure of an animal of this tribe 

 under the name of Chat sauvage de la Nouvelle 

 Espagne. It is said to be four feet long from 

 nose to tail : its eyes rather small, and its tail ra- 

 ther short: its colour a blueish-grey, slightly 

 speckled with blackish : its hair coarse, and suffi- 

 ciently strong for painters' pencils with a firm 

 point. According to Buffon's figure of this ani- 



