426 BIG GAME SHOOTING 
there are wild cattle in the world (e.g. in the Galapagos Islands) 
which are as well worth hunting as the biggest buffaloes. 
The jaguar, though a much larger beast than the puma 
(identical with the panther of the West), appears to be anything 
but a sporting beast, haunting river jungles and dense swamps, 
and being unable, according to Mr. Hudson (the ‘ Naturalist 
on La Plata’) to hold his own even against his smaller cousin, 
the puma, who is described by the same authority as a ‘bold 
hunter,’ invariably preferring large to small game, which he 
kills as a tiger does, by dislocating the neck. The puma is, 
according to the same authority, a persistent persecutor of the 
jaguar. Both Mr. Hudson and Admiral Kennedy seem agreed 
that the puma is a very dangerous enemy to the guanaco, and 
a scourge to everything living upon the Pampas, except man 
and the gama (C. campestris), which protects itself as the skunk 
does, by its unpleasant smell. Mr. Hudson’s stories of the 
strange affection of the puma for man, although calculated — 
to excite incredulity at first, coincide somewhat strangely with — 
some of the Western stories of the panther (or puma) already — 
narrated ; but it must be borne in mind that the panther of — 
the West does attack man in a few rare instances, according to 
the evidence of Mr. Perry. 3 
Of all the beasts in South America Admiral Kennedy writes 
most enthusiastically of the guanaco, an animal nearly allied — 
to the camel, weighing about 180 lbs., abundant from the Rio ~ 
Colorado to the Straits of Magellan, and affording good sport ~ 
to the stalker. 
But a beast which carries no ‘head,’ which, according even 
to its admirers, ‘neighs like a horse’ when giving watning of ~ 
danger, and ‘ quacks like a duck’ when alarmed, seems to one 
who knows neither guanaco nor ciervo a very unattractive 
creature compared with the really fine deer, C. padudosus, which ~ 
is found upon the Chaco of Paraguay and in the Argentine ~ 
Republic. This deer somewhat resembles the red deer of Scot- 
land, but grows to large dimensions. The horns figured are 
from some in the British Museum. : 
