FtiLSIAN LYKX. 
have referred them to different species ; as 
well as from the ^nspeclion and comparison ot 
the two animals, both of which we have ex- 
amined, and drawn from the hfe. 
This animal is common in Barbarv, in 
Arabia, and in all the countries inhabited by 
the Lion, the Panther, and the Ounce. Like 
them, he lives on prev ; but, being smaller 
and weaker, it is with difficulty that he pro- 
cures subsistence, and is generallv obliged to 
be contented with what they leave. He keeps 
at a distance from the Panther, because mat 
animal exercises it's cruelties after being fullv 
gorged with prey : but he follows the Lion ; 
which, afcer a full repafr, never injures anv 
creature. The Caracal feasts on the offals of 
the Lion's table ; and, sometimes, follows or 
goes before him, at no great distance : having 
nothing to apprehend from his rage ; because 
he is unable, like the Panther, to pursue the 
Caracal to the tops of the tallest trees. For 
all these reasons, the Caracal has been called 
the Lion's Guide, or Provider. The latter, 
whose smell is not acute, employs the former 
to 
