60 THE TOWER MENAGERIE. 
in length, is of the same uniform colour with the body 
from its base to its tip. 
_ The specimen in the Tower, from which our engraving 
was made and our description taken, is a native of Ben- 
gal, a locality from which these animals have been so 
rarely brought to Europe, that it has been a question 
among naturalists whether the Caracal of India and that 
of Africa really belonged to the same species. There 
is, however, no difference of any importance observable 
between the present animal and those which have been 
brought from the latter continent. It is extremely sulky, 
keeping constantly retired in one of the backward cor- 
ners of its cage, and swearing, as we express it in the 
common cat, almost incessantly when conscious of being 
noticed. The Lynxes indeed appear, at least when in 
captivity, to exercise this peculiar faculty of voice to a 
much greater extent than any other species of the group. 
They are remarkably irascible and mistrustful, and are 
seldom completely tamed. 
