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S/itA CAT. 



When fighting it usos the ture-p:i\vs, with ex- 

 tended claws, biting at the same time, retreat* 

 ing and ^meiiti!g cpii^ly, snapping, bristling 

 up its long whiskers, and appearing a fierce 

 object for one of tln^ sihmII animals of the 

 creation. It does not spring at the ol)jeet of 

 attack like tlie cat, but jumps forward ; it uses 



lihe daws of the &re-feet more thun thm of the 

 Mw&r whicli, being ho&i Itmger tad sharper, are 



more calculated for the purjiose of defence, us 

 well as in cliuibing. It regards the nljjcrt well 

 previously to attack, exercising the three pro- 



mr^^mm^ mS^ } iken^ with it? 



little aiio'ulitr jott^ii^b 0jq[)an^ed, it pounced ^ij^iii 



and firmly gmsps its prey- 



The little beast lias a very morose looking 

 countcnance, what some people skilled in phy- 

 siognomy ^miW call a ** aosaa^j Jm'Mddm^ 6mn- 

 iemmee f and, jndglaig ftom what I have seen 

 of this tamed an<l youno- spceimeu, it must be, 

 in the wild state, a ^ery savage animal. 



Unlike the cat, wiien driiiking it does not 



^caa?s #b<Mit w^eMing it» fe#t, for it rffcen places Ihe 

 fere-^i^ws in Iheiieater tlie |;lm.e^ 



It often plays with i<» \m% tail, as well 



as with aTiy thing thnt may be in the way, 

 siniihir to what we observe in kitttms ; and often 



