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lies down to guard his prej, after devouring as 

 mucli as he can. On one occasion a small party 

 of rangers came across one while feeding upon a 

 mustang. The animal was surrounded by eight 

 or ten hungry wolves, which dared not interfere 

 or approach too near "the presence." The 

 rangers gave chase to the jaguar, on which the 

 wolves set up a howl or cry like a pack of 

 hounds, and joined in the hunt, which ended 

 before they had gone many yards, the jaguar 

 being shot down as he ran, upon which the 

 wolves went back to the carcass of the horse and 

 finished him. 



The jaguar has been known to follow a man 

 for a long time. Colonel Hays, whilst alone on 

 a scouting expedition, was followed by one of 

 these animals for a considerable distance. The 

 colonel, who was aware that his footsteps were 

 scented by the animal, having observed him on 

 his trail a little in his rear, had proceeded a good 

 way, and thought that the jaguar had left, when, 

 having entered a thicker part of the wood, he 

 heard a stick crack, and being in an Indian 

 country, "whirled round," expecting to face a 

 wakoe; but instead of a red-skin, he saw the 

 jaguar, about half-crouched, looking "right in 

 his eye," and gently waving his tail. The 

 colonel, although he cashed not to discharge his 

 gun, being in the neighborhood of Indians who 



