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140 the leopard. 
caught in this manner, he is usually bait®' 
with dogs, in order to train them to atta®^ 
him, and he seldom dies without killing 
or two of them. 
The leopard of India is called by the nati'"®* 
" the tree-tiger,” from his habit of climbi^ 
trees like a cat, either to escape pursuit, or 
the purpose of darting — we might almost ss-l 
flying — from them upon his prey. In the cO®' 
struction of his feet, he has no greater faciliO^^ 
for effecting this ascent than the lion or 
tiger ; hence it is no doubt the extraordinary 
flexibility of his limbs that gives him this po^''®*^ 
of springing upward. Even in these elevat®*^ 
situations, however, it is very difficult to sh®''^ 
him, on account of the rapidity of his 
ments. Thus, too, the leopards in the To^'"^®^^ 
which have a tolerably spacious cage, bou®^* 
to and fro with the quickness of a squirrel, 
that the eye can scarcely follow their 
tions. 
