not to be inferred that it was brought from 
Africa, or the southern provinces of Asia ; 
P]iny, on the contrary, says that the first of 
these animals which appeared in Rome, were 
sent from Gaul in the days of Pompey. The 
iincst skins of the Lynx come from Siberia : in 
"Russia, the Lynxes are very common ; their 
'. -skins are beautiful, hut not so valuable as 
those of Siberia. The latter are called Loup 
Cervier ; and those from Canada, Chat Cer- 
vier : because these animals, like all others, 
are smaller in the New than in the Old Con- 
l tinent. In the former, they are compared to 
the V/olf; in the latter, to the Cat. It is 
plain that the Lynx of which we are here 
treating, exists not in warm climates ; but is 
confined to the northern countries of the Oici 
and New Continents. Olaus says, that this 
animal is common in the forests of the northern 
1 parts of Europe. Olearius makes the same 
[ remark, v^'hen treating of Muscovy. Rosinus 
Lentilius tells us, that the Lynx is common 
in Courland and Lithuania ; and that those of 
Cassubia, a province of Pomerania, are smaller 
and not so much spotted as those of Poland 
I and Lithuania. 
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