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among SOUR' rocks, I barricaded them in, and went on with my hunting. On 

 arriving in camp, I sent back men to try and catch the cubs; in this they 

 succeeded, and brought them back to me. They were about the size of half-grown 

 cats, and more spiteful, vicious little devils cannot be imagined ; they were, however, 

 very handsome, with immense heads and paws. For two or three days they 

 refused all food, but at the end of that time they fed quite ravenously from the 



THE EUROPEAN LYNX (^ liat. size). 



hand. They soon became very tame and playful, although always ready to set 

 their backs up if at all teased, or if a dog came near them." 



Coming to the American species or varieties of lynxes, the first 

 and largest is the Canada lynx (F. canadensis). Professor Mivart 

 describes this as very like the European form, the specimens that came under his 

 notice being smaller, and not exceeding 30 inches in length from the muzzle to 

 the root of the tail, with a tail 5 inches long ; but Mr. C. J. Nattrass says that the 

 Canada lynx may exceed 3 feet in length. The same writer observes that in some 



Canada Lynx. 



