PERSIAN LYNX. 
pieces in a moment, notwithstanding the Dcg 
defended itself to the utmost : so fierce are 
thev, when provoked, 
Thib account, vrhich comprehends all that 
is collected bv Pennant, affords not the smallest 
intimaiion of the size of the animal ; which, 
however, with ctlier interesting paniculars, will 
appear in the more copious description which 
is given of it bv BulFonj under the appellation 
of the Caracal. 
Thcu-h," says Buffbn, *' the Caracal 
resembles the Lvnx, 'in size, figure, aspe(5^, 
and the pencil of black hair on the tips of the 
ears ; we are of opinion, from the disparities 
between these two animals, that they belong to 
different speciei. The Ciracal is net ^potted 
like the Lynx ; his hair is rougher, and shorter; 
his tail is longer, an:l of a uniform colour ; his 
muzzle is also more lengthened ; his a^pccl is 
less mild ; and his disposition is more ferocious. 
The Lynx inhabits cold cr temperate climates 
only : bnt the Caracal is never' found, except 
in warm countries. It is frcni 'these diffe- 
rences of dispositionb and climate, that we 
