THE JAGUAR. 
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her seat between Richard and Sidney. 
Contrary to her aunt’s expectation, she 
had not appeared to be alarmed by the 
panther-story, though she was quite excited 
about it, and asked Sidney a great many 
questions, seeming to regard him as quite 
a hero. 
“The jaguar,” began Miss Winston, “is 
the tiger of this continent. It is a very 
beautiful animal, of a rich yellowish colour, 
marked with many spots of deep chocolate- 
brown, the markings being arranged in 
rings and open spots upon the sides and 
hack. There is a black variety, in which 
the spots are scarcely to be distinguished; 
and white ones have occasionally been seen. 
The jaguar is much more heavily and 
powerfully built than the leopard, and 
seems greatly to excel it both in strength 
and courage. Its muscular force is amazing. 
D’Azara relates that, a jaguar having struck 
down a horse in the neighbourhood where 
he was, he gave directions that the carcass 
should be drawn within gunshot of a tree 
where he intended to pass the night, know¬ 
ing that the jaguar would return to his 
prey, and hoping thus to have a fair shot 
