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There are several other small species of the felinae 
known in the old world ; as the manul of Pallas, 
which was as big as a fox, of a tawny colour, with 
black spots and stripes ; of which there is no figure : 
the Bengal cat, described by Pennant, which was 
striped and spotted, and of a beautiful pale yellowish 
brown colour; this bred with the common species : 
the felis ohscura of F. Cuvier, of a deep black brown 
colour, with transverse black bands, from the Cape: 
he. A precise description of so many animals, 
according in habits and manners, if it could be ob- 
tained, would, perhaps, rather tire than interest the 
reader. The genus has ramified into a great number 
of distinct hereditary species ; and, notwithstanding 
the present increased catalogue of them, we have 
every reason to suppose, that many have not yet 
fallen under the observation of naturalists. 
