CAT. 
Inhabits Senegal and Guinea •, fpares neither man 
nor bead: when beads of chafe fail, defcends from 
the internal parts of Africa in crowds, and makes 
great havoke among the numerous herds that cover 
the rich meadows of the lower Guinea : it tears its 
prey to pieces with both claws and teeth , is always 
thin, tho’ perpetually devouring. The Panther is 
its enemy, and dedroys numbers of them. The 
NegrefFes make collars of their teeth, and attribute 
to them certain virtues. The Negroes take thefe 
animals in pit-falls, covered at the top with flight 
hurdles, on which is placed fome fiefh as a bait. 
The Negroes make a banquet of thefe animal 
whofe flefli is faid to be as white as veal, and very 
well tailed. The fkins are often brought to Europe * 
and reckoned very valuable. 
C. with the face fpotted with black: chin white : a 124- Lhssm* 
great black fpot each fide of the upper lip : bread Leqpar ^ 
marked with fmall fpots : belly white, fpotted with 
black : back, fides and rump, covered with hair of 
a bright yellow color: marked with circles of fpots, 
like the former •, but the fpots much lefs : not half 
the bulk of the lad * but the tail fhorter in propor¬ 
tion, and tapering to a point, and the hair on it 
fhort. The tails of the two lad fpecies are of 
equal thicknefs from top to bottom. 
Inhabits the Eaft Indies ? kept a few years ago in 
the Tower : feemed a good-natured animal. 
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