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every climate. They do not differ specifically from 
our domestic kind ; but they are very fierce and de- 
structive, making great havock among poultry, rab- 
bits, hares, &c. They are much larger than the 
house cat, and are very strongly made, with tre- 
mendous claws and teeth. Mr. Bewick says he 
recollects one having been killed in the county of 
Cumberland, which measured from its nose to the 
tip of the tail upwards of five feet.” They are taken 
either in traps, or by shooting, but the latter is 
a dangerous mode ; for, if they are only slightly 
wounded, they will attack the hunter with a fury 
which he may have cause to repent. 
