C A f. 16? 
cjualnts us, that the flefh of the lion is often cater! 
in Barbary , and it refembles veal in tafte. 
Formerly found in Europe , between the rivers 
Achelous and Nejfus *; none in America ; the animal 
called which is miftaken for the lion, is our 
129th fpecies. 
Tigris Pliniiy lib.vm. c. 18. Bon- tis. Lin.JyJl .6 1. _ ^ *21. Tiger* 1 
53. Gefner quad. 936. Felis ilava, liiaculis longis nigris- 
Rail fyn. quad. 165. Klein, quad, variegata. Brijfon quad. 194. 
£8. * Le Tigre de Buffott t ix. 129. tab. 
Felis Tigris. F. cauda elongata, ix. 
corpore maculis omnibus virga- 
C. with a fmooth head and body 5 vaft: ftrength in 
its limbs of a pale yellow color, beautifully 
marked with long itripes of black from the back, 
pointing to the belly, with others crofs the thighs : 
the tail ihorter by a third than the body; annotated 
with black : often fuperior in fize to a lion; that 
called the Royal J Tiger of a tremendous bulk* 
M* de Buff on mentions one that was (tail included) 
fifteen feet long. Du Halde II. 254, fays, that the 
Chineje tigers vary in color, fome being white, ftriped 
with black and grey. 
The tiger is peculiar to Afia §; and is found as 
far North as China^ and Cbinefe Tartar 7 ; it inhabits 
mount Ararat , and Hyrcania of old, famous for its 
% Ariflot. hip. An. lib. vi. c. 31. 
f Garcilajb de la <vega, 332. 
X Dellon. njoy. 78. 
§ M. de Bujfon fays they are found in the South of Africa. I cafi 
meet with no authority for it; the animals fo called by Ludolpbus 
and Kolben, being only Panthers, or Leopards, which are generally 
Unfounded with thp.Tiger by moil voyages. 
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