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monly called the Brasilian Tiger, about the size 

 of a Wolf, and of a tawny colour, with the top of 

 the back marked by long black stripes, and sides 

 by rows of irregular lengthened spots. Many of 

 the smaller American animals of this genus are 

 very beautiful, and are collected and figured in 

 the works of Schreber and others. 



I shall dismiss this genus by observing that 

 the general shape of most of the species resembles 

 that of the common Cat, which, in a wild state, is 



a native of many parts of Europe, and among 

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others of our own island ; being occasionally found 

 in woods: in its natural or wild state it is far larger 

 than the domestic kind, and is of a grey colour, 

 with darker stripes. The numerous varieties of 

 the domestic Cat are well known: the variety call- 

 ed the Angora Cat is reckoned the most elegant, 

 and is remarkable for the fulness of its hair: it is 

 also often seen with one eye of a bright blue, and 

 the other yellow. All the generic characters of 

 the whole lion tribe may be readily exemplified by 

 an examination of the common Cat, and it is 

 therefore unnecessary to particularize them here; 

 we may only observe as a particular mark, that 

 the claws are retractile, that is, so constituted as 



