2 Dr. forster’s 'Hiflory and Defer Iption of 
great clafs ; and, I fijppofe, thefe by no means exhauft this 
numerous tribe,, 
The greater and more numerous the different genera of ani- 
mals are, the more difficult it muff be to the natural hiftorian 
properly to arrange the whole of fuch an extenfive divifion of 
animals, efpecially if they are not equally well known. To 
form new genera, in order to difpofe and arrange them under* 
is a remedy which increafes the evil, inffead of curing it. The 
beft method, therefore, which can be devifed, is to make great 
divifions in each genus, comprehending thofe fpecies which, on 
account of fome common relation or character, have a greater 
affinity to one another. The genus of Cat, to which the ani- 
mal belongs we are going to fpeak of more at large, offers three 
very eafy and natural fub-divifions. The firf comprehends ani- 
mals related to the Cat-tribe, with long hair or manes on their 
necks ; fecondly , fuch as have remarkable long tails without any 
marks of a mane on their necks ; lafly , fuch as have a brufft 
of hair on the tips of their ears, and ffiorter tails than the fe- 
cond fub- divifion. The firft might be called in Latin Deles 
jubatce ; the fecond fub-divifion ffiould be named Mlures ; and 
the third and laft, Lynces . To the firft fub-divifion the Lion 
and the hunting Leopard or Indian Chittah belong. The fe- 
cond fub-divifion confifts of the Tyger , the Panther , the Leo- 
pard, the Ounce , the Puma , the Jaguar-ete , the Jaguara , the 
Ocelot , the Gingy of Congo, the Marakaya , the Tyger-cat of 
the Cape or the ’ NfuJJi of Congo , the Tibetan Tyger-cat which I 
favv at Peterfburg, the common Bufh-cat of the Cape ; and', 
laftly, the wild Cat , and its domeftic varieties. To the third 
divifion belong the Lynx , the Caracal , the Serval , the Bay 
Lynx , and the Gham of Profeffor guldenstept. 
Since 
