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j ® Other down a steep bank. Having re- 
^^^ded he rushed forward ; but, by this time, 
® leopard had seized the unfortunate man 
file throat, and mangled him dreadfully. 
Comrade had only the melancholy satis- 
/^i^tion of dispatching the savage beast, al- 
^ ^dy exhausted by loss of blood, from several 
Wounds inflicted by the knife of his ex- 
companion. 
THE LYNX. 
lynx, which is an inhabitant both of 
Old and New World, differs considerably 
^ every other animal of the cat kind. Its 
'^finguishing characteristic is the length and 
position of the ears, which are tipped 
a tuft of long black hair ; a circumstance 
has procured it in Hindustan the name 
^^(ihgosh, or, black ear. The length of the 
