COMMON LYNX. 377 
an animal of a short or thickish form, and co- 
vered with a very thick soft fur. The fur of the 
Lynx is held in considerable estimation^ and such 
skins as approach to a pale or whitish colour, and 
on which the spots are most distinct^ are the 
most valued. The best are found in the neigh- 
bourhood of the Lake Balkash, and are said to 
sell for one pound sterling on the spot. The 
female produces three or four young at a birth, 
which she deposits in the deepest recesses of the 
woods. The Lynx is said to howl almost in the 
manner of a Wolf. In a state of captivity it 
seems extremely ferocious, frequently expressing 
its malignity by a kind of snarling scream, -and is 
not be tamed. 
V. I. p. II. 
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