banks of the Bencoolen river. " Botli specimens,'' writes this 

 gentleman, " while in a state of confinement were remarkable 

 for good temper and playfulness ; no domestic kitten could be 

 more so ; they were always courting intercoui'se with persons 

 passing by, and in the expression of their countenance, which 

 was always open and smiling, shewed the greatest delight when 

 noticed, throwing themselves on their backs and dehghting in 

 being tickled and rubbed. On board the ship there was a 

 small dog who used to play round the cage and with the 

 animals, and it was amusing to observe the playfulness and 

 tenderness with which the latter came in contact with his 

 inferior sized companion. When fed with a fowl that died 

 he seized the prey, and after sucking the head, and tearing 

 it a little, he amused himself for hours in throwing it about 

 and jumping after it, in the manner that a cat plays with 

 a mouse before it is quite dead. He never seemed to look 

 on man or children as his prey ; and the natives assert 

 that when wild they hve chiefly on poultry, birds, and small 

 deer." 



The Oolocolo is another tiger-cat. It is an inhabitant of 

 Guiana, and though not more than a third the size of the 

 Eimaa-Dahan, is a most formidable enemy to the smaller 

 animals of the forests which it inhabits. It is related by Mr. 

 Wood that a specimen of this creature was shot on the banks 

 of a river in Guiana by an officer of rifles, who stuffed it and 

 placed the skin to dry on the awning of his boat. As the vessel 

 dropped down the river it passed under overhanging boughs 

 of large trees on which rested numerous monkeys. Generally 

 when a boat passed along a river the monkeys which inhabit 

 the trees that border its banks displayed great curiosity, and 

 ran along the boughs so as to obtain a close view of the strange 

 visitant. Before the Oolocolo had been killed the passage of 

 the boat had been attended as usual by the inquisitive monkeys, 

 but when the stuffed skin was exhibited on the awning the 

 monkeys were horribly alarmed, and instead of approaching 

 the vessel as they had before done, trooped off with prodigious 

 yeUs of terror and rage. From this universal fear which the 

 sight of the animal occasioned to the monkeys, it may be con- 

 jectured that the Oolocolo is in the habit of procuring its food 

 at the expense of the monkey tribes. 



Of the tiger-cat of Africa, the Serval may be taken as the 

 type It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail which 

 measures nine inches, and is a foot in height at the shoulders. 



