OCELOT. 
error. OF all spotted animals, the roi)e of 
the Male Ocelot is im questionably the most 
beautiful, and the most elegantly variegated. 
Even that of the Leopard is not to be com- 
pared with it, for vivacity of colours and 
t^vmiiietry of design ; far less, those of the 
Jaguar, Panther, and Ounce : but, in the 
Female Ocelot, the colours are fainter, and 
the design is more irregular. This remarkable 
difference deceived Recchi, Fabri, and others. 
When the Ocelot has acquired his full 
growth, he is, according to Bolivar, two 
feet and a half high, and about four feet 
" in length. TIiq tall, though pretty long, 
" touches not the ground; and, of course, 
exceeds not two teet. . He is a very vora- 
" ciou'^, and at the same time a timid ani- 
mah He seldom attacks Alen, and is alraid 
of Dogs. When pursued, he fiies to the 
w^oods, and climbs a tree ; where he re- 
mains in order to sleep, and to watch the 
" passage of cattle, or smaller animals, on 
" v.hich he darts down whenever they are 
within his reach. He prefers blood to 
" nesh: hence he desrroys a great number of 
" animals; because, instead of saciatiiip- him- 
" self 
