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on the spoiler. There are small tuF'.s of hair 
on the summits of his ears.; and he is called 
the Lion's Guide, because the latter is said to 
be deficient in scent. But, when attended by 
the Caracal, which has a very acute nose, he 
follows his prey, and rewards his condudtor 
with a share," He adds, from Dr. Shaw's 
Travels, that " the Gat cl Challah, Siyah- 
Ghush, or Karrah-Kulak, i. e> the Black Cat, 
or Black-Eared Cat, as the Arabic, Persian, 
and Turkish, names signify, is of the bigness 
and shape of a Cat of the largest size. The 
body is of a reddish brown ; the belly of a 
light coloui', and sometimes spotted; the chaps 
are black, the cars of a deep grey, wkh the 
tips of them distinguished by small tufts ct 
black stiff hair, as in the Lvnx. 7'he figure 
^ivcn of this anii^ial bv Cfiarleton, is not so 
full in the chaps as the Barbary Siyah-Ghush." 
On this, Buiton remarks,, that *' the figure 
given by Charleton does not represent the hair 
properly ;" and, that " the head, which is bald, 
is deprived of it's roundiicss : however," con- 
cludes he, * ' theSiyali-Ghush of Charleton. and 
that of Barbary mentioned by Dr. SIvaw, be- 
long to the same species with our Caracal. 
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