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The scent of the Ounce is not so fine as that of 

 the Dog. It neither follows animals by their foot, 

 nor is it able to overtake them in a continued 

 chase: it hunts solely by the eye, and makes only 

 a few springs at its prey. It is so nimble, as to 

 clear a ditch or a wall of many feet. It often 

 climbs trees to watch animals that are passing, and 

 suddenly darts upon them. 



It is supposed to be the Lesser Panther of Oppian, 

 and the Panthera of Pliny. 



THE JAGUAR. 

 (Fells Onca, Linn. Le Jaguar, Buff.) 



Is the most formidable animal of the new con- 

 tinent, rather larger than the Panther, with hair of 

 a bright tawny colour. The top of the back is 

 marked with long stripes of black ; the sides beau- 

 tifully variegated with irregular oblong spots, open 

 in the middle : the tail is not so long as that of the 

 Ounce, and irregularly marked with large black 

 spots. 



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