EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



than I have feen fome cats in England: it is of a yeliow 

 colour, with fmall annulated black fpots, which are white 

 within ; the belly is a light colour ; the ears are black, 

 with a white fpot on each ; the hair is fmooth, and the 

 fkin is very much efteemed : the fliape like that of the 

 fj£;er. The tyger-cat is a very lively animal, with its eyes 

 emitting flafhes like lightning ; but ferocious, mif- 

 chievous, and untameable, like the rell: of the kind. 



In Guiana is ftill another of this fpecies, called the ja- 

 guanetta, of a blackifli colour, with flill blacker fpots ; 

 but of this laft I can fay very little, having never feen 

 one ; and, indeed, the others but very feldom. Of the 

 jaguar however, and the tyger-cat, I prefent the reader 

 with a drawing. All thefe animals have long whifkers, 

 like common cats ; they fometimes climb trees, but ge- 

 nerally lie in ambudi under the verdure, whence they 

 bound v/ith uncommon agility on their helplefs prey ; 

 which having murdered, they drink the blood warm, 

 and never ceafe to tear and devour it till they are gorged ; 

 but when no longer animated by hunger they are coward- 

 ly, and may be put to flight by a common fpaniel. 

 Of fire alfo they are exceedingly afraid, vvhich is the 

 beft guard to keep them at a diftance, and as fuch, made 

 ufe of every night by the Indians in Guiana. More than 

 once it has been obferved, that tygers had entered our 

 camps for want of thefe precautions, but fortunately 

 without committing any depredations. 



As I now feemed to be on a friendly inteixourfe 



H a with 



