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MANUL. 
throat white, surrounded Avith a semicircle of 
black : breast, belly, and inside of limbs, white : 
the spots on those parts, the legs, and rump, 
round : tail long, full of hair, brown and annu- 
late d with black. 
Native of Bengal. This animal produced a 
mixed breed with the common Cat; the offspring 
being marked in a nearly similar manner, but on 
a cinereous ground. This species has no dread 
of water, but will readily plunge into it and swim. 
MANUL. 
Felis Manul. T, cauda elongata, nigro-annulata, capite punctis et 
fascizs duabm lateralibus nigris insignito, Liiu Syst, Nat. 
Gmel.p. 8i. Fall. itin. 3, p. 692. 
C. with elongated tail annulated with black, and the head 
marked with spots and two lateral bands of black. 
Manul. Pennant Quadr. i.p, 294. 
This species inhabits the middle part of north- 
ern Asia, and was first described by Dr. Pallas. 
It is of the size of a Fox, and is of a strong and 
robust make. Its colour is tawny, but the crown 
of the head is speckled with black, and the cheeks 
are marked by two dusky lines running obliquely 
from the eyes : the feet are striped obscurely with 
dark lines: the tail is longer than that of a do- 
mestic Cat, and is thickly beset with hair, and 
encircled with ten black rings, of which the thre^ 
next to the tip are placed so near as almost to 
touch each other. 
