04 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
in that way. When traveling, it trots 
or gallops in a very dog-like fashion, 
Where sheep graze at large on moun- 
tains, as in the Balkans and in Greece, 
the lynx is a great enemy of the flocks, 
In Norway, where the animal is now 
very rare, there is a tradition that it 
is more mischievous than the wolf, and 
a high price is set on its head. 
In Siberia and North Russia 
most of the lynx-skins taken are 
sold to the Chinese. The lynx-skins 
brought here are mainly those of the 
Canadian species. The fur ‘is dyed, 
and used for the busbies of the 
officers in the hussar regiments. 
These skins vary much in colour, 
Photo by A. S. Rudland & Sons and in length and quality of fur. 
EUROPEAN LENS The price varies correspondingly. 
The largest of the cat tribe left in Europe The Canadian lynx lives mainly on 
the wood-hares and on the wood- 
grouse of the North American forests. The fiesh of the lynx is said to be good and tender. 
Brehm says of the Siberian lynx: “It is a forest animal in the strictest sense of the word. 
But in Siberia it occurs only singly, and is rarely captured. Its true home is in the thickest 
parts in the interior of the woods, and these it probably never leaves except when scarcity of 
food or the calls of love tempt it to wander to tle outskirts. Both immigrants and natives hold 
the hunting of the lynx in high esteem. This proud cat’s activity, caution and agility, and 
powers of defense arouse the enthusiasm of every sportsman, and both skin and flesh are valued, 
the latter not only by the Mongolian tribes, but also by the Russian hunters. The lynx is 
seldom captured in fall-traps ; 
he often renders them useless 
by walking along the beam 
and stepping on the lever, 
and he usually leaps over the 
spring-traps in his path. So 
only the rifle and dogs are 
left.” 
The Rep Lynx is a small 
American variety, the coat of 
which turns tawny in summer, 
when it much resembles a 
large cat. It is called insome 
parts of the United States the 
Mountain-cat. This lynx is 
30 inches long in the body, 
with a tail 6 inches long. It 
is found on the eastern or 
Atlantic side of the continent, By poceabialioiaf Whi, Sy Bh ici) [Toronto 
and bv no means shuns the CANADIAN LYNX 
neighbour hood of settlements. Grca’ nimbers of these are trapped every year for the sake of their fur 
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