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BLACK LEOPARDS. 
ther seems to differ principally in being 
more strongly made, in having the black 
spots arranged with more regularity, and in 
possessing a longer tail. The length of 
the animal from which this description was 
taken was five feet four inches from the 
nose to the tip of the tail, the tail itself 
being two feet three inches. I have seen 
some smaller than this, and at least one 
which was considerably larger. It is said 
that the animal is sometimes found black, 
with the spots of a deeper shade; and I have 
seen an animal which the showman called 
the black African panther, which was of a 
glossy black all over. I did not observe any 
spots. It was very fierce and sullen, and 
remained for the most part coiled up in one 
corner of its den. The keeper said it was 
the most intractable animal he had ever had 
the charge of, and drew an unfavourable 
comparison between its manners and those 
of a large lion next door, which he avowed 
could do any thing but talk. Cuvier says 
that these black leopards are sometimes 
found in the same litter as the yellow’ ones; 
and some travellers profess to have seen 
white ones,—apparently a kind of albinos. 
