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veilow iildcs and brown pupils. Its nose is broad 

 and flat, tiie muzzle short, the upper lip entire 

 and fnniished a\ iili. whiskers^ the mouth deep, 

 and the tongue large and rough. In each jaw it 

 lias tour ineisors, {(iur sharp-pointed canine teeth^ 

 and sixteen grinders. Its breast is broad, the 

 p:uvs have e;ich five toes armed with very strong 

 nailsj and its tail is upwards of two i'ect in lengthy 

 and like that of the tiger. 



The number of toes on the hinder feet would 

 alone be asufRcicnt characteristic to distinscuish 

 it from the real lion, which has but four. The 

 pagi may, however, he considered as an inter- 

 mediate species between the lion and the tiger. 

 Its cry, although not so loud, differs not mate- 

 rially from the roaring of the African lion, but 

 in the season of its loves beci)mes changed into a 

 .sliriil whistle, or rather a frightful hiss like that 

 of a serpent. The female is rather less than the 

 male, and is of a paler colour ; like the African 

 lioness, she has two dugs, and brings forih but 

 two young at a time. The season of copulation 

 is the end of winter, and the period of gestation 

 th.ree months. 



Such is the lion of Chili ; it may, perhaps, in 

 other parts of America, oder some shades of dis- 

 crimiaahon, as i have been informed that those 

 of Peru luive a longer and more pointed muzzle. 

 The pagi inhabits the thickest forests and the 

 most inaccessible mountains, from whence it 



