THE LEOPARD. 
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th, 
The natives have an ingenious method of 
iiig the young cubs of the leopard. These 
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can readily secure when they discover 
den of this animal, should the dam be 
^ent : but, in general, they are followed by 
when, to appease her, they throw her one 
the cubs, with which she retires, leaving 
to bear off the rest of their prize. Her 
^^^etion for her young sometimes prompts her 
I’eturn and pursue the hunters before they 
^ve reached a place of safety. In this case 
throw her another of the cubs ; but it 
^ore frequently happens that she remains to 
^^otect the one she has recovered. The leo- 
when taken young, may be tamed and 
clered subservient to the purposes of man. 
Barrow procured in Africa a young leo- 
^d, which, he says, “ became instantly tame, 
playful as the domestic kitten ; and 
Bowdich (now Mrs. Lee), widow of the 
^^eller of that name, had, and may still 
