SEPvVAL. 
That traveller, in all probability, had seen 
nothing more than a variety of the Common 
Tiger: for we are not told that he, like Kolben, 
or Le Maire, had confounded the Striped and 
the Spotted animals with each other. 
A somev^'hat similar mistake, we apprehend, 
has been made respedling the prey of the Ser~ 
val; part of which is said to be Apes. It is 
highly probable, that this is merely a want of 
rightly distinguishing between the Apes, the 
Baboons, and the Monkeys ; which are very 
often confounded by travellers, and sometimes 
even by naturalists. - The Serval's prey seems 
chiefly to be birds ; with, occasionally, no doubt, 
the smaller species of Monkeys, and such 
other little quadrupeds as fre(jusnt or reside in 
trees. 
