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natural history 
PANTHER. 
The Panther is in shape somewhat like a 
lioness, but not quite so large. His hair is 
short, sleek, and mossy, and of a bright yel- 
low, beautifully marked with round black 
spots, and is said to send forth a fratrrant 
smell. 
The Panther is a very fierce and cruel 
beust, greedy of blood, very swift, and gets 
Us prey by leaping upon it suddenly. 
The body of this animal, when it has 
attained its full growth, is five or six feet 
long, from the tip of the nose to the insertion 
of the tail, which is above two feet long. 
