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Description, &c. 



the expression of her attachment depicted upon 

 her countenance! How many times have her 

 tender caresses made me forget my troubles, and 

 consoled me in my misfortunes ! My beautiful 

 and interesting companion, however, at length 

 perished. After several days of suffering, during 

 which I never forsook her, her eyes, constantly 

 fixed on me, were at length, extinguished ; 

 lier loss rent my heart with sorrow." 



THE TIGER CAT. 



THIS animal is considerably larger than the 

 domestic cat; and more elegant in its general 

 conformation and appearance. The colour is a 

 bright tawny; marked on the back with oblong 

 black streaks, and in the other parts with blotches 

 f the same. A skin, measured by Mr. Pennant, 

 was found to be three feet in length from the 

 nose to the tail. 



In their native mountains at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, these quadrupeds are very destructive to 

 rabbits, young antelopes, lambs, and even to all 

 the different species of birds. In disposition, 

 however, they are not so fierce as the generality 

 of their tribe; and when taken, they are easily 

 rendered tame: though Labat has asserted, that 

 their appearance bespeaks cruelty, and their eyes 

 # great degree of ferocity. 



