51 4 LEOPARD. 
lie then springs towards the animal/ and, gene-*' 
rally, at three or four bounds, strangles it ; but 
if he misses his aim, he becomes furious, and 
sometimes attacks bis master, who commonly pre- 
vents this hazard, by carrying along with him 
pieces of flesh, or live animals, as lambs or kids y 
one of which he throws to him to appease his 
rage, till he gets a cover over his eyes, puts on 
his chain, and conducts him back to his cart. 
Leopard, 
This species is considerably less than the former ; 
its length from the nose to the tail is only four feet ; 
and its tail is two feet long. 
It is of a lively yellow colour; marked on the 
back and sides with small spots, disposed in cir- 
cles, and placed pretty closely together ; its face 
and legs 1 are marked with single spots ; its breast 
and belly are covered with longer hairs than the 
rest of its body, of a whitish colour ; the spots 
on its tail are large and oblong. 
It inhabits Senegal and Guinea, and spares 
neither man nor beast. When the beasts of chace 
fail, the leopards descend in crowds from the in- 
terior parts of Africa, and make vast havock 
among the numerous herds that cover the rich 
meadows of the Lower Guinea ; they tear their 
prey in pieces with both claws and teeth : and 
though perpetually devouring, they are always 
thin ; the panthers are their enemies, and destroy 
numbers of them ; .the negroes take them in pit- 
falls covered at the top with slight hurdles, on 
which is placed some flesh as a bait • when they 
have killed one, they feast on its flesh, which is 
said to be as w hite as veal, and very well tasted. 
The negresses make beads or a collar of its teeth, 
and attribute to them certain virtues. The skins 
