The Biological Review 

 of Ontario. 



vol. i. Toronto, July, 1894. No. 3. 



MAMMAOLGY. 



THE PANTHER IN CANADA. 



The following extracts are from a paper by Mr. W. P. Lett, 

 of Ottawa, published in Vol. 1, page 127 of the Ottawa 

 Naturalist : 



" If abounded at one time in the valley of the Ottawa in 

 considerable numbers." 



" The cougar which you may see, very inartistically and 

 unnaturally set up in the glass case before you, must have been, 

 when living, a remarkably fine specimen. As nearly as possible,, 

 he must have measured seven and a half feet from nose to end 

 of tall. He was shot by a boy named Bentley upwards of forty 

 years ago, on Croil's Island, on the south side of the St. 

 Lawrence River, opposite Farran's Point, about ten miles east 

 of Morrisburgh, with an iron spike or nail. The youth killed 

 the animal with a single shot, a sporting exploit sometimes 

 found difficult of accomplishment by experienced hunters." 



" About one hundred years ago the panther was found in 

 every part of Ontario and Quebec. I have been assured, by 

 reliable authority, that about forty years ago (1847) two large 

 specimens were frequently seen near the Village of Lachute, in 

 the Province of Quebec." 



