CHAPTER V. 

 THE PANTHEB (Felis pardus). 



Distinctive markings Three cubs caught Charge by boar 

 The Jamakapett panther Munchipa Our goats killed 

 Dacoits' cave Affray with cheetah Stirring him up 

 Patterson's panther Sad accident to a beater Panther 

 enters my tent Man-eating panther The Loashera 

 panther The Parvutgherry panther The Raghear 

 panther Panther in the Billiga Rungum Hills Not likely 

 to decrease in numbers Annamullay panthers The 

 Bolarum bogus panther The stalker stalked Garas by 

 panther Nocturnal depredation of Braining panthers. 



AN examination of a panther skin will show that the 

 spots or rather rosettes are arranged in rows corres- 

 ponding to the stripes on a tiger's skin, the difference 

 between these animals being bard to discern at distances 

 over thirty yards thus the large panther is often mistaken 

 for a tiger. In the case of the leopard, his size would 

 disclose his identity, the lines of rosettes, too, are less 

 clearly denned, while the hide of the hunting leopard is 

 marked with black spots alone. 



Since writing the preceding chapter on the panther, I 

 have been informed that the classification therein adopted 

 corresponds with Jerdon's in his "Mammals of India," and 

 with the opinions of the late Captain Forsyth, the 

 talented author of the " Highlands of Central India." 



One morning Poulton and I went out to shoot bears, 

 and on the way to our posts a cheetah with two young 



