HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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The LEOPARD. 



The very trifling difference between this and the lan> 

 mentioned animal gives reafon to fuppofe, that it confifts 

 chiefly in the name. It inhabits the fame countries ; and 

 in fome places goes by the fame name, being called the 

 Panther of Senegal ; and is chiefly found there. It is 

 mentioned by Ray as the female Panther, but is rather 

 fmaller than that animal. Its length, from nofe to tail,, 

 is about four feet : The colour of the body is a more 

 lively yellow ; and the fpots with which it is diverfified 

 are fmaller and clofer than thofe of the Panther. 



The interior parts of Africa abound with thefe ani- 

 mals ; from whence they come down in great numbers, 

 and make dreadful havock among the numerous herds 

 that cover the plains of the Lower Guinea. When 

 beafts of chace fail, they fpare no living creature. 



The negroes take them in pitfalls, flightly covered at 

 the top, and baited with flefli. Their chief inducement 

 for purfuing them is their flefh, which they eat, and is 

 faid to be white as veal and well tafted. The ne~ 



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