JAGUARETTE, 
sembles the Jaguar so strongly, in the figure 
of his body, manner, and temper, tiiat he! 
may still be only a variety of the same species J 
especially as Piso informs us that, in the Ja-| 
guar, the ground colour of the hair, and tha 
of the spots, vary in diiTereat individuals o 
this species." 
Under the title of the Black Couguar, which 
naturalists consider as the animal we have now 
to describe, and which we have called, aftei 
the Brasilian name, the Jaguarette, we fine' 
the following account. 
" M. Dela Borde," says Bufron, King's 
Physician at Cayenne, informs me that, on 
the Continent, there are three species of ra- 
pacious animals. The first is tlie Jaguar, 
which is called the Tiger ; the second is the 
Couguar, called the Red Tiger, on account 
of the uniform redness of it's hair: that the 
Jaguar is the size of a large Bull-Dog, and 
weighs about two hundred pounds ; that the 
Couguar is smaller, less dangerous, and not 
so frequent in the neighi:)ourhood of Cavenne 
as the Jaguar J, and tliat both these animals 
take 
