JAG0AR LEOPARD. 
•of the third, or Leopard, though very impro- 
.perly. Tiger Skins. 
^' The Onze, or Ounce, is probably the 
■Pard, or Pardiis, cf the ancients, and the Pan- 
thera of Phny ; for he says, that the ground 
colour of the Panther was white: but that of 
the Great Panther, as formerly observed, is 
yellow. It is, besides, probable, that the small 
. Panther was called simply Pard, or Pardus ; 
•and that they afterwards named the large 
Panther Leopard, or Leopardus, because they 
imagined it was a mongrel species increased 
in size by mixing v/ith that of the Lion. But, 
as there is no fonndation for this fancy, we 
I have preferred the simple and primitive name 
Panther, to the m.ore modern and com.pound 
Dne Leopard; which last we have applied to 
1 new animal, that has hitherto been men- 
:k)ned under equivocal appellations only. 
Thus the Ounce dliters from the Pan- 
her, by being smaller ; having a longer tail^ 
nd, also, longer hair, of a whitish grey co- 
)ur ; and the Leopard differs from both the 
anther and Oancej by it's brilHant yellow 
robe^ 
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