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displeasure, and quickly a bleeding victim rolled at tbe feet of 
the monster with a human face. Here, the veritable Tiger 
was Hero. 
When raised to the empire, Heliogabalus made his entry into 
I Rome in a chariot drawn by four Tigers and four Panthers, which 
I he afterwards allowed to go about his palace at liberty. 
But in modern times who has not seen Martin, Carter, or Yan 
. Amburgh, handle Tigers as if they had been inoffensive Poodles ? 
It may be remarked, with, regard to this subject, that a person 
of rank attended, it is said, every one of the exhibitions given 
by Martin, expecting to see him some day eaten up. This 
follower of the sensational did not obtain the satisfaction his 
persistency so well merited : Martin and his animals refused to 
favour him. After amassing a considerable fortune, the famous 
tamer disposed of his menagerie and retired to Holland, without 
leaving the smallest portion of himself between the teeth of his 
old companions. 
Panther (Felts leopardus ). — The Panther is a pretty animal, 
about three feet in length, not including the tail, and is distin- 
guished from the preceding Felidae by its deep yellowish-brown 
coat, speckled with numerous spots. These spots, quite black on 
the head, are disposed in a rose-like fashion over the other parts 
of the body, being formed of five or six little black patches 
grouped in a circular manner around a piece which is of the 
same colour as the ground of the coat. 
For a long time, and even sometimes now-a-days, the Panther 
has been frequently confounded with the Leopard, to which cer- 
tainly it bears a great resemblance. From this error has arisen 
grave contradictions as to its history, and much uncertainty with 
regard to the limits of its habitat. 
It appears to be demonstrated, however, that the veritable 
Panther is not found in Africa, but only in India, Japan, 
and the neighbouring islands, such as Java, Sumatra, &c. 
The island of Java possesses a variety which is completely 
black. This is the famous Black Panther, the terror of Java 
and Sumatra. 
We here engrave (Fig. 140) the Asiatic Panther, which some- 
times bears the scientific name of the Japan Leopard (Leopardus 
japonicus ). 
