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fions with the utmoft exadnefs : I turfied 
him over and over again, In every direftion ; 
and examined him with the greateft care. I 
furveyed him with a kind of pride. This 
was my firft attempt ; and the tiger, which 
was a male one, happened to be prodigioufly 
large. From the extremity of his tail to the 
tip of his muzzle, he meafured feven feet two 
inches; and in circumference two feet ten, 
I obferved In him all the charafters of the 
panther, fo well defcribed by Buffon ; but In 
the fettlements here he is known by no othet 
name than that of the tiger. This appella- 
tion has become prevalent ; though In all this 
part of Africa there are no real tigers, and 
though there is a veiy great difference between 
thefe two animals. The Hottentots call him 
garou gama ; that is to fay, the fpotted lion. 
In general, in the fettlements near the Cape, 
the panther Is much more dreaded than the 
lion. The latter never approaches without 
giving warning by dreadful roarings. He 
himfelf gives the fignal for defence ; as if he 
fliewed greater confidence in his ftrength, or 
made his attack in a nobler manner. The 
other, on the contrary, unites treachery to 
ferocity ; 
