48 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 and 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, 
& found 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. 
