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have, a tame leopard, of which she has 
a very interesting account in Loudon’s “ 
gazine of Natural History.” 
The Gardens of the Zoological Society ct”’' 
tain a fine specimen of the panther from 
eastern and the leopard from the western 
of India, which afford the curious investig^i*'^’^ 
a favourable opportunity to compare the 
w'ith the other. 
THE HUNTING LEOPARD. 
The cheetah, or hunting leopard of 
East Indies, is a handsome animal, 
the size of the Pomeranian dosr, and has 
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ceived its name from the purpose to 
it is trained. It has no mane, and is 
fore to be carefully distinguished from 
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maned hunting leopard of Africa. Both 
in fact but varieties of the panther ; the 
