HUNTING THE PANTHER. 
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“ In a wild state, these animals seem to in¬ 
habit thick coverts and deep retired forests, 
and are much more seldom seen than their 
lordly cousins the tigers. They are exceed¬ 
ingly active, climbing like cats, and chasing 
the monkeys to the topmost branches of the 
trees with the greatest ease. They are very 
fond of sheep and poultry, and carry off 
many dogs, for whose flesh they seem to 
have a great partiality. 
“In India they are sometimes hunted 
with elephants, like the tiger; but the ordi¬ 
nary way of destroying them is by traps set 
in the places to which they are known to 
resort for prey. If hunted by dogs, they 
usually take to a tree, and are then easily 
shot. They are often taken alive and 
brought to this country and to England, 
and seem to care less for confinement than 
any of the cat-kind. Some of them become 
so tame as to allow almost any liberties to 
be taken with them. They differ very much 
in their dispositions, however, as was shown 
by a pair which were kept for a long time 
in the Tower of London. The male, not¬ 
withstanding the kindest treatment, always 
remained sullen and ferocious; while the 
