CANADIAN- LYNX, 
He had before remarked, that " the finest 
skins of the Lynx came from Siberia, under 
the name of Loup-Cervier ; and from Canada, 
under that of Chat-Cervier : because these 
animals, like all others, are smaller in the 
New than in the- Old Continent, In the for- 
mer, they are compared to the Wolf ; in the 
latter, to the Cat " 
The epithet Cervarius is said to be given to 
the Lynx, because it attacks the Stag j but 
BufFon ingeniously suggests, that it rather 
arises from the skin being variegated with 
spots like that of the young Stag. 
In trie .Description des Cotes l'Amerique 
Septentrionale, it is said, that " the Lynx of 
North America — or our Canadian Lvnx — is a 
kind of Cat, but much larger ;" that " it 
climbs trees, .and lives on the animals which 
it seizes ;" that it's hair is long, of a grey- 
ish white colour, and makes an excellent fur:" 
and, that " it's flesh is white, and affords 
good eating," 
We learn, also, from M. Sarasin, and from 
Charlevoix. 
