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The OUNCE 



is fmaller than the Leopard, being three feet and a half 

 long from the nofe to the tail, very ftrong, long-backed, 

 and fhort-legged. The hair is long, and of a light-grey 

 colour, tinged with yellow; lighter on the breaft and 

 belly : The head is marked with fmall round fpots : Be- 

 hind each ear there is a large black fpot : The back is 

 beautifully varied with a number of oval figures, formed 

 by fmall fpots almoft touching each other ; the fpots on 

 the fides are more irregular; thofe on the legs and thighs 

 fmall, and thinly difperfed : The tail is full of hair, irre- 

 gularly marked with large black fpots, and upwards of 

 three feet long. 



It is common in Barbary, Perfia, and China; is much 

 more gentle than the Leopard ; and, like the Hunting- 

 Leopard, is fometimes trained to the chace. Inftead of 

 being conveyed in a waggon, it is carried on the crupper 

 of the Horfe, is as much under command as a Setting- 

 Dog, returns at a call, and jumps up behind its mafter. 



The fcent of the Ounce is not fo fine as that of the 

 Dog. — It neither follows animals by their foot, nor is it 



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