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ihat fcores are often In view at once. 

 Nor ape thefe animals a little trouble- 

 some, as they frequently rob the plan- 

 tations of fruit, maize, rice, &c. Thefe 

 expeditions they undertake with great 

 fagacity, ever uling the precaution to 

 place a centinel on a commodious high 

 tree, to announce the approach of an 

 enemy ; a duty to which, it is faid, 

 they fubmit alternately; and that when 

 they are furprized through the negli- 

 gence or inattention of their centinel,, 

 they punifli him feverely. 



The Tiger of Guiana claims the pre- 

 cedence among animals of the Cat kind. 

 They are fomewhat lefs than thofe of 

 Africa, and of a more flender ftrudhire, 

 though the heads, mouths, ears, feet, 

 toes, and claws are in every relpecl: li- 

 milar in the mode of conformation. 

 The hair on the back is of a greyifh 

 brown, variegated with black ftripes, 



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