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Sclireber, Shaw, and others. It was about the size 
of a panther or leopard. 
Major Smith has also met with a skin of this 
species brought from the Gulf of Persia, from which 
he has made a drawing in his collection. He con- 
jectures it to be a mountain species ; and, from the 
length of the fur, which is shaggy, one that resides 
in the higher snowy regions of northern Persia. 
The ounce, as well as some others of the cat tribe, 
appears to be employed in India for field sports. 
The Persians are said to carry this animal with them 
across a horse, and to start it at the sight of game, 
which, in general, it soon overtakes by rapid bounds 
or leaps, and returns with it to its keeper. 
