CHEETAH. 55 



The late Tippoo Sahib kept sixteen of these animals 

 for hunting. In the middle ages the Cheetah \Yas also 

 used in France to hunt the roebuck and hares. 



In its wild state the Cheetah will eat fowls and pigs. 



Sir Peter Lumsden sent a pair of young Cheetahs 

 from Afghanistan during his eventful stay ; the mother 

 was shot, and it was at first supposed that young Snow- 

 Leoi^ards had been captured. 



The value of its skin is about 10s. to 15s., but it is 

 too rare an animal for its skin to find much favour ; it 

 is most suitable for wrappers or rugs. 



BUSH CAT, OE AFKICAN CIVET CAT. 



Viverra nvctta. 

 French : Civette. German : Zibeth Katze. 



This Cat is rather a scarce animal, of about 2 feet in 

 length ; its coat is composed of very coarse, bristly hair, 

 of a lightish colour, but thickly covered with dark long 

 spots, which are more or less numerous in different 

 examples ; sometimes lighter and mc>re numerous, at 

 others sparser, darker, and blotched like a dark tabby 

 cat ; the tail is about 9 inches or a foot long. 



The Bush Cat inhabits the West Coast of Africa. 



Its skin is of little value, about 2s. 6d., and but few, 

 certainly not abov^e 50, are imported in the year. 



The Eev. J. G. Wood says that the young of the 

 Civet Cat is almost black. 



The Bush Cat secretes civet. 



