THE LEOPARD. 
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are occasionally met with in the East 
^diesj hut this difference is regarded as 
^^srely accidental. The leopard is smaller 
j the panther, hut its proportions are 
j, ‘ger; it is of a more slender and graceful 
with the exception of its fore-legs and 
which are more muscular and powerful 
the panther’s. Its head is more flat- 
, ^®d and oval, and its tail longer and more 
Sring. ^ 
'ess 
“■an 
f, 
^hile the panther inhabits northern Africa, 
® leopard is confined to the central regions 
continent. In Asia the latter is the 
Common of the two, and, as in Africa, its 
that 
ge is far more limited. Mr. Meredith in- 
1^. ^is us that the leopard is still an inha- 
Q ^’^t of the countries bordering on the Gold 
ff 
^S'St. jjg jg dreaded by the natives for his 
^ccity^ but is a favourite object of the chase 
'^ith 
the warlike chieftains of those black na- 
From the accounts of more recent tra- 
