SERVAL. 
tlemen of tlie Academy under the name of 
Chat Pard ; and we should, perhaps, have been 
still ignorant of it's real name, if the Mar- 
quis de Montmirall had not discovered it in an 
Italian book, of which he sent us the following 
passage in our language — 
" The Marapute," says P. Vincente-Ma- . 
rie, *' which the Portuguese in India call 
" Serval, is a ferocious animal, larger than a 
Wild Cat, and somewhat less than the 
" Civet ; from v^^hich last he differs, by hav- 
*' ing a rounder and larger head, and a kind of 
depression on the middle of the front. He 
resembles the Panther in the colour of his 
hair, which is yellow on the head, back, and 
flanks, and white on the beliy; and, like- 
" wise, in the spots, which are distinCL, 
*' equally distributed, and a little smaller 
*' than those of the Panther. His eves arc 
extremely brilliant; his whiskers are long, 
and stiff; his tail is short ; and his feet 
** are armed with long hooked claws. He 
inhabits the moimtains of India. He is 
seldom seen on the ground: but remains al- 
ways on the trees; where he makes his nej^t, 
and 
