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had a Puma which followed him like a Dog, and kept close to him 

 in the most crowded assembly. 



The Ocelot {Felk pardalis, Linn.), one of the most beautiful of 

 the Felinai, is a little more than three feet in length. The colour 

 of its pelage is a greyish fawn, marked with large spots of a 

 bright fasFn, edged with black. Its habits are entirely nocturnal, 

 it feeds on Monkeys, Eodents, and Birds, climbing the trees in 



Fig. 147. — Vnm]i{l''i:tis punutj Sbavv). 



their pursuit with marvellous agility. It is foimd in various 

 parts of North and South America. 



Like the Puma, it rapidly becomes attached to Man. Azara 

 has seen one which, although it enjoyed the greatest liberty, 

 would never leave its master. 



Lynxes {Lijncm). — The animals belonging to the Lynx family 

 differ from the Cats in their longer coat, their shorter tail, and 



