37C 



FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF 



sheep, a cow or a two-year old colt, — it will throw what- 

 ever it seizes to the ground, and kill it without a seeming 

 struggle. 



I once saw where a panther had killed a four-year old 

 cow for Col. Lynn. Two young men and the Colonel 

 were traveling in company ; but the Colonel left them, 

 and hurried on to have dinner ready, leaving his compa- 

 nions to follow at their leisure. The Colonel saw the cow 



in the road as he passed along, and the young men, who 

 were not more than a quarter of a mile behind the Colo- 

 nel, and traveling in open day, found the cow dead in the 

 road. More than twenty minutes could not have elapsed 

 between the Colonel's departure and the discovery of the 

 dead cow. The panther had broken her neck in two 

 places, and her back-bone in one. 



The panther is a great sneak. If it meets a hunter in 

 day-light, it will slink off, but will not run if it can help 

 it ; and if the least noise like the barking of a dog striken 

 its ears, it is ready to climb a tree. In that way I have 

 killed many of them. During day-light they will not fight 

 until wounded, but in the night they are bold and dan- 

 gerous. I believe the reason that I have at all times 

 escaped them, was, because I always kept at least cue. 



