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NATURAL HISTORY. 



dia. The hunters go forth armed with rifles, in a sort of 

 carriage or frame on the backs of elephants trained for 

 the purpose. There is much danger in the sport, for the 

 Tiger often springs up upon the elephant, and reaches 

 the hunters. 



73. The Leopard is a native of Africa, India, and some 

 of the Indian islands. It is a very active arid graceful 

 animal. It is arboreal ( 52) in its habits, and monkeys 

 form a part of its prey. It has black spots in rosette 

 shape, on a ground of pale yellow. The Ounce, a native 

 of India, has sometimes been confounded with the Leop- 

 ard ; but it has less regular marks, a rougher coat, and 

 a tail almost bushy. 



74. The Jaguar of America, Figure 27, is much like 



the Leopard of the 

 Old World, but it is 

 larger. It is arbo- 

 real, and chases the 

 monkeys which are 

 so abundant in the 

 forests of South 

 America. The Pu- 

 ma, called usually in 

 this country the Pan- 

 ther, is another ani- 

 mal of the same sort, 

 f o u n d extensively 

 diffused in both parts 

 of the American con- 

 tinent. It is some- 

 times termed the 

 American lion, from 

 its uniformity of color, which is a silvery fawn. 



75. Of the Lynxes there are several species, some in 

 Europe, some in Asia and Africa, and others in America, 

 The Canada Lynx, Fig. 28 (p. 49), is remarkable for its 

 gait, going by successive leaps with the back arched. 



Fig. 27 Jaguar. 



