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in any way, recalling the veneration felt and re- 

 straint exercised toward the tiger by certain sects 

 in India. Dampier adds, subseqnentl)', that the 

 Jesuit missionaries there were not able for a long- 

 time to make any headway against this notion, and 

 could keep no live-stock in consequence. Clans in 

 various tribes of the Southwest have been proud))' 

 named after this successful hunter and model 

 guerilla ; and it stands at the head of the curious 

 " pre)'-god " theogony of the Zunis, who call it the 

 " Father of Game." 



ZUNi Fetiches of the Puma. 



