TIIK l-ATHl'i; OF Al.l. Till': COATS lM 7 



all\' llic L-oats rct'iised lo ctniif aii\' iicaivr. aial, wlidi 

 they turiied and tied, this maniac began }'cliing at the tup 

 of his voice. 



Tlif ii»e\ were not tlic on1\- animals that iidiahitcil tliis 

 mountain. ( >n one occasion a laru'c Ncllowisli ci'caturc 

 >l)i'an"' a\va\' and stoo(l '>azinu' at. us. It! had not been 

 slow and clnnisy, he might have been stop})ed, bul the 

 form was dim amono' the trees, and hard to idcntil'w 

 SubscijUfnlK'. Cclolin gol a gliniiiM' of it through llie 

 glass, and pronounced it to l)e a leopa.nL 1 saw it again 

 myself at a long distance, and thought the outline more 

 like that of a h\'cna ; it mav have been a Kiix. All three 

 of these animals are found in the mountains. A few days 

 later I found some small eaves vvliicli the tracks showed to 

 be tVe(iuented bv this bio- cat, whate\'er \\r was. Outside 

 one of these holes was an immense store of bones of 

 camels, Ijulloeks, sheep, dogs, and the shells of tortoises 

 broken open. They must have been dragged a thousand 

 feet U]> the (dills, and ]>robabl\' belonged to animals ihat 

 had died on the earavan route below. According to Tliny, 

 the livena — which m ni\" belief the ainmal was '" alone ol 

 all beasts will search for men's bodies within tlieir graves 

 and sepulchres, and rake them forth. He has weird tales 

 to t'll of the animal among others that " he will counter- 

 feit mans speecdi, and coming to tlu' shepherds' c(»ltages 

 will call one of them foilli. wliose name he hatli learned, 

 and when he halli him willmut. he will \\orr\and tear him 

 in }»ieces. ' 



Hearing of a distant mountain said to contain ibe.x. 

 which hail the further advantau'e of beinir clear of forest 

 in its upper part, ami being by this time tired of 



