118 BIG GAME FIELDS 



The wounds from the claws of a jaguar are 

 exceedingly dangerous, as they frequently feed 

 upon carcasses that are in a decomposed con- 

 dition, and as a consequence their claws are 

 tainted and may cause gangrene by inoculation. 

 Wounds of this kind should be thoroughly 

 syringed with cold water mixed with a 1/35 part 

 of carbolic acid, three or four times & day, and 

 wrapped with a cloth soaked with the solution. 



The methods of hunting the jaguar vary in 

 accordance with the locality. Where the country 

 is more open the most successful way is to pur- 

 sue them with a pack of dogs which have been 

 trained for the purpose. The big cat will often 

 stop to fight the dogs off on the ground, and 

 later will take to a tree, only to jump out again 

 as the hunters come up, but as their lungs are 

 not adapted to making long runs they will finally 

 tree long enough to offer a shot if the hunter is 

 persistent and the pack a good one. Sometimes, 

 if only wounded, they drop down on the dogs and 

 die fighting, while occasionally a hunter may 

 come to grief. 



In other sections, where the jungle is thick and 

 impenetrable, they are shot from canoes while 

 the hunter is being paddled noiselessly along 

 some winding stream that threads their haunts. 



