JAGUAR LEOPARD-. 
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have already g-iven, Asia and Africa afFord ; 
other three species of this geous, all difFerent 
from the Tiger, and from each other. These : 
three species are,, the Panther, the Ounce, and \ 
the Leopard ; which naturaUsts have not only i 
confounded with one another, but with ' spe- 
cies of the same genus peculiar to America. 
Of the latter, I shall here take no notice ; but 
confine myself, solely, to those of the Old 
Continent,. 
The hrst species is the Panther ; which 
was known to the Greeks by the name Par- 
dalis, to the ancient Latins by that of Pan- 
thera and Pardus, and to the more modern 
Latins by that of Leopardus. The body of; 
this animal, when arrived at full growth, is 
£ve or six feet long ; measuring from the ex- 
tremity of them.uzzle, to the origin of the tail 
which is more than two feet. T/.i b?,sis of 
tlie colour on the back and sidc3 is of a mere or 
less deep yellow, and that of the belly is whitisli. 
The animal is marked with black spcts ; 
which are circular, or in the form of a rose, 
detached from eich other on the sides, hol^ 
low in the middle, and most of them have se- 
