CHAP. VI. 



LEOPARDS AND PANTHERS. A CIRCUMSTANCE 



SHEWING THEIR WONDERFUL STRENGTH AND 



AGILITY. ANOTHER EXHIBITING THE FOLLY OF 



ATTACKING SUCH ANIMALS ON FOOT. A SHORT 



DESCRIPTION OF CHEETAHS AND SEEHAR- 



GHOOSHS* (HUNTING LEOPARDS), AND THEIR 



METHOD OF CATCHING DEER. FOXES AND POR- 

 CUPINES. 



LEOPARDS and panthers are numerous through- 

 out the jungles ; they are caught and destroyed 

 much in the same manner as tigers, but more fre- 

 quently in traps, owing to their being less wary, 

 and more accustomed to prowl about villages. 

 They feed chiefly on deer and small animals ; 

 such as calves, hogs, goats, sheep, and now and 

 then they are known to kill bullocks. Like tigers, 

 they are supposed never to eat any animal they 



* Seehar, or Seer, signifies head, and Ghoosh theft, 

 meaning, I suppose, head thief. 



