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w a piece of tender meat in human urine, and feed 
“ them with if, and being bruifed or tired by over- 
“ hunting, they give them fome Mummy, wrapped up 
Kt in their meat, and a warm place to reft in till they 
“ recover.” 
It is faid of this animal, that he follows the lion at a 
diftance, in order to feed on what he leaves of the 
animals he deftroys. To illuftrate this, Dr. Charleton 
quotes a paftage from the Apolog. of Sketch Saadi^ 
which was written five hundred years before, and 
published in Perfic and Latin by Georgius Gentius ; 
which is in Englifh as follows : 
— This Black-Ear is afked, <c What makes him 
“ keep company with the lion, and feems fo officious 
“ to pleafe him ?” to which he anfwers, “ That I 
,c may feed on his leavings, and lead my life fafely 
<c under his protection. ” To which it is replied, 
“ Since you live under the fhadow of his protection, 
“ and draw fuch benefit from him, why do not you 
“ approach nearer to him ?” He anfwers, “ If 1 took 
“ your counfel, and come near to him, I fhould not 
“ be fafe from his fury a moment.” 
Now from this particular account by the learned 
Charleton, and my own obfervations on him and his 
actions, I am inclined to rank this animal among the 
cats ; and join with Linnceus y who, in his Or do fecund. 
has a fifth lpecies of Felis, which agrees well with the 
principal characters of the animal before us : his 
words are, 
“ Felis cauda ekngata , auribus 
“ — — — penicilliformibusF 
LX. An 
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