134 DIVISION I. VERTKUKAL AXIJIALS. — CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



TiiElu CuNXixfi. — Tigers arc soiiiftimcs very ounning. One of tlicm 

 was kei)t at a French factory, at Silsecri, whicli was secured by a strong 

 cluiin. Tliis animal used to scatter a portion of tlic rice that was set Ijcfore 

 him as fir ronnd tlie front of his de;i as possiI)lc. This enticed the pouhry 

 to come and pick it ii[). The tiger pretended to be ask'cp, in order to indnce 

 tlicni to approach nearer, when lie suddenly sprang upon them, and seldom 

 filled to make several of them his prey. 



How TiiKV sEi/r: TiiEiU PiiEY. — tfomc years ago a tame tiger was led 

 about Aladras liy some of the natives, without any other restraint than a 

 muzzle, and a small chain round his neck. The men lived by exhiiiiling, 

 to the ciirimis, the tiger's method of seizing his prey. The niamier in 

 which they showed this was by fastening a sheep to a stake driven into the 

 earth. The liger was no sooner brought in sight of it than he crouched, 

 and mi>\cd along the ground on his beliy, slowly and cautiously, till he 

 came witiiin the limits of a bound, when he sprang u[ion the sheep with the 

 rapidity oi' an arrow, and struck it dead in an instant. 



The I'antiucii {Pclic jjaixlus) . — Cuvier says of this animal, that it is 

 spread widely o\ er Africa, the huttcst regions of jVsia, and also of the Indian 

 Arcl]i[ielago. In C(.ilor, it is yellowish above and white beneath, with six 

 or se\cn rows of Ijlack spots in the form of roses ; that is to say, formed by 

 a colleclimi ol' small single spots on each side. The tail is as long as the 

 rest of the animal, less the head. (See Plate XIII.) 



The panther has all the ferocity, but not the strength, of the tiger. It is 

 aljoiit five feet and four inches in length, including the tail. The species 

 appears lo lie considerably varied, as Cuvier speaks of having seen a black 

 panther. These animals all'eet the deep recesses of forests more than the 

 tigers; and they subsist on antelopes, deer, wild fowl, horses, and even 

 monkeys. They possess great acti\itv, and climl) trees with sur[iri.siiig 

 I'acility, where they often take refuge when hunted, and where also they 

 seek monkeys for food. There appears to be a nifirtal antipathy betwet'U 

 the panlher and all the monkey-like animals ; and when the former makes 

 a spring among them, the monkey community is the scene of wild commo- 

 tion, and, as they flee Ijcforc their terrible enemy, swinging themselves from 

 branch to branch, the forest resounds with their fearful cries. 



IVroeious as this animal is, it ajipears that it is more easily tamed than 

 any others of the large Feliine. There is an cxtraordinaay instance described 

 liv IMrs. IJowditch, who relates it in such elcant laniiuaiie that wc know 

 not how to pass it by. Addressing the editor of Loudon's Magazine of 

 Xatural History, she says, — 



" I am induced to send you some account of a panther which was in my 

 possession for several months. lie and another were found, when very 



