III. 



bending ;ill I In- ('.it or I. ion tribt , from the 

 \\hiehisthe leading 01 principal . to tin: 



Tii- :n tin- mnu^ 



p|-ett\ 1,11111 : 



perhap^, \vl. i m perfection, the > au- 



tiful of (jiiadnip ul lively 



orange-colour, uith i hlack 



stripes. The Panther i- a liiL'iily lx ;iutilnl species, 

 of a l>riu,ht lawny yellmv eolotir, marked \\ itli 

 nninerous Ma- sed in < irclcs of 



tour or five spots in each, with one or more cen- 

 tral spots: the Leopard extremely resemhles the 

 Panther, hut is smaller, and ditlers in having no 

 central ^pot in the circles of black spots with 

 which the skin is covered. These two animals, 

 tin Panther an 1 the Leopard, have been very fre- 

 quent I v confounded in the work.s of naturalists: 

 lowever will he readily pereeivetl 

 on inspecting their ii\e skin* in tin shops 



of the dealer* in fu 



Of these animals ti i er is chiefly found in 



:il tin- Lion, Panther, and Leopard in 



Africa; but none of them are nati Vm< rica, 



other sp emis beiii!^ improperly so 



named Of these the chief i* the Jct^liar, com- 



