SERVAL. 
timony of travellers, resembles the Cat in it's 
£g«re, and the Tiger — that is, the Panther or 
Leopard — by the black and white spots of it's 
hair. *' This Servai,'* they remark, is four 
times larger than a Cat. He is veiy vora- 
cious ; and eats Apes, Rats, and other ani- 
*• mals.'* 
At Sagari, an island in the Ganges," ac- 
cording to the Sieur Luihier, " there are Tiger 
Cats as large as a Ram.'* 
In the Voyage of Le Maire, we are told 
that " the Wood Cat, or Tiger Cat, is the 
largest of all the Wild Cats in the Cape of 
Good Hope. It lives in the woods; and is 
spotted nearly in the same manner as the Ti- 
ger." 
This, as Buffon remarks, should certainly 
have been the Leopard or Panther ; since the 
Tig,er is a striped, not a spotted animal. 
The skins of these animals," Kolben 
observes, *^are excellent furs, both for warmth 
^and ornament, and they bring a good price at 
the Cape." 
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