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THE JAGUAK. 
of hunting, it is carried in a small kind of wagon, chained and 
hoodwinked until it is allowed to pursue the game. It begins 
the chase by creeping along with its belly to the ground, stopping 
and concealing itself till it gets a favorable position, when it 
darts upon its prey with amazing agility. 
THE JAGUAR, or BRAZILIAN TIGER. 
his animal 
belongs 
to South America, ana differs greatly 
from the Asiatic tiger in the color and markings of his skin 
The hair on his head, hack, and outward side of the legs 
is of a reddish-yellow — not streaked with black, like the royal 
tiger, but varied with large black annular marks, each having 
one or more dots in the centre ; the belly and inner side of the legs 
are whitish, with dark transverse stripes. The Jaguar is the king 
of the predatory quadrupeds in the hot countries of S. America^ 
and is hunted in various ways. Dogs, generally, are set on his 
track, who follow him into the thicket, whither, glutted with 
prey, he has retired to rest. As soon as he perceives the dog, he 
endeavors to get into a tree that is inaccessible to the dog, and 
from this place of fancied security he is shot down by the hunter. 
The jaguar is often caught by means of pit-falls, running knots, 
and spring-guns. In Paraguay it is captured with the lasso, 
which a horseman, galloping past, throws round its neck ; he then 
drao's the animal about till it is exhausted. Sometimes the 
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hunters attack it armed only with lances seven feet long. They 
plant the weapon firmly in the ground, holding it with both 
