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ASIA. 



are most common in Malabar, and are the scourge of the country. The usual mode of hunting 

 them is with elephants. 



The Served of India is found in Hindostan and Thibet. It is about 3 feet in length, and is 

 of a fox-color, spotted with black. It is fierce and rapacious, leaping from tree to tree in pur- 

 suit of birds, &c. 



The Chctah (F. venatica) is a sort of leopard, but smaller than that animal. He is common 

 in Southern Asia, where he is domesticated and employed in hunting, like a hound. He is 

 very playful and familiar. In hunting, he approaches the animal secretly, and, when sufficiently 

 near, he makes 5 or G enormous bounds. 



The Panther (F. pardiis). Leopard (F. leopardus), and Ounce (F. onca), are common. 

 The Lion of southwestern Asia (Leo Jlsiaticiis) is distinct from the African lion, and still aii- 



Chetah. • Large-lipped Bear. 



Other species, with little or no mane, has lately been discovered in Hindostan. Several spe- 

 cies of bear are also peculiar to the mountainous districts of Asia ; one of these (Ursus Syri- 

 acus), lately discovered on Mount Lebanon, is frequently alluded to in Scripture ; the Large- 

 lipped Bear ( Ursus lahiatus) is found in Bengal ; the white or polar bear is common to 

 America, and the brown bear to Europe. 



The Bengal Loris or Sloic Lemur [J^ycticebus Bengalensis) , is so sluggish in its motions 



as to have been mistaken for a Sloth ; he is about the size of a cat, and is gentle, familiar, and 

 fond of being caressed. The Civet ( Viverra civetta) is common to Asia and Africa. 



The Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Indicus) is, next to the elephant, the most powerful of quadru- 

 peds. He is 12 feet long, and 6 or 7 in height ; his hide is thick enougii to turn a bullet He 



