which to choose his fare, including fish, birds, wild fowl, and all 

 of the smaller mammals, but in spite of this, the cold frozen win- 

 ter must hold in store for him many hungry days and nights, when 

 all his powers will be called into force to keep him from actual 

 starvation. 



The lynx is not a large animal, measuring about three feet in 

 length and standing from eighteen to twenty-four inches high. He 

 is, nevertheless, far more formidable in appearance than in dispo- 

 sition as the staring big eyes and long coarse whiskers give the 

 square, flat face an expression of exceeding ferocity, while in 

 reality he is a very unaggressive beast, making it his chief care to 

 put as much space as possible between himself and any prospective 

 enemy. If cornered, however, he shows himself no coward and 

 proves beyond all question that his policy is neither to give or re- 

 ceive quarter. 



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