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NATURAL HISTORY. 



at any rate, a single Lynx will do more damage than an individual of any other wild species. The 

 .Russian Wolves may be, on the whole, worse enemies, but they hunt in packs, and are only dangerous 



COMMON LYNX. 



in numbers, a single Wolf being a sorry coward, white a Lynx is a truly redoubtable antagonist^ as 

 the following excellent account of his habits will show : 



" While he succeeds in finding food in the forests and gorges of the high mountains, he does not 

 Attempt to shift his quarters, but lives alone with his mate, and betrays his presence by horrible 



