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lies down to guard his prey, after devouring as 
much as he can. On one occasion a small party 
of rangers came across one while feeding upon a 
mustang. The animal was surrounded by eight 
or ten hungry wolves, which dared not interfere 
or approach too near “the presence.” The 
rangers gave chase to the jaguar, on which the 
wolves set up a howl or cry like a pack of 
hounds, and joined in the hunt, which ended 
before they had gone many yards, the jaguar 
being shot down as he ran, upon which the 
wolves went back to the carcass of the horse and 
finished him. ; 
The jaguar has been known to follow a man 
for a long time. Colonel Hays, whilst alone on 
a scouting expedition, was followed by one of 
these animals for a considerable distance. The 
colonel, who was aware that his footsteps were 
scented by the animal, having observed him on 
his trail a little in his rear, had proceeded a good 
‘way, and thought that the jaguar had left, when, 
having entered a thicker part of the wood, he 
heard a stick crack, and being in an Indian 
country, “whirled round,” expecting to face a 
wakoe; but instead of a red-skin, he saw the 
jaguar, about half-crouched, looking “right in 
his eye,” and gently .waving his tail, The 
colonel, although he wished not to discharge his 
gun, being in the neighborhood of Indians who 
