BRASILIAN TIGER, 
very common. Fie adds, that It v/as two years 
of age when he ordered it to be killed ; that it 
had swelled in the spirits ; that it eat, drank, 
and uttered a cry., like the Wild Cat ; in short, 
that it mewed, and preferred fish to flesh. Piso ' 
and Marcgrave likewise tell us, that the Ja- 
guars of Brasil are very fond of fish. The 
Chat-Tigre,'^ says Dampier, which is very ' 
common in the Bay of Campeachy, has short 
legs, and a contra 6(;ed body, like that of the 
MaftiiF; but, in the form of his head, the co- 
lour of his hair, and the manner of watching 
his prey, he resembles the Tiger." 
It is remarked by BufFon, that this animal^ 
as was evident from the bare inspe6lion of the 
young Jaguar sent to him, cannot exceed, when 
full grown, the size of a common dog^ " He 
is, however, the most formidable, the most 
cruel animal—in a word, he is the Tiger — of 
the New W orld ; where nature seems to have ■ 
contracted every kind of quadruped. Like the 
Tiger, the Jaguar lives on prey ; but a light is 
sufficient to make him ily ; and, when his sto- 
mach is full, he so entirely loses all courage 
and 
