CAT. 
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2 b* Le Leopard wyAe la Boutlaye-le-g9u&. 248. 
C. with a fmall head:• irides pale orange: end of 
the nofe black: from each corner of the mouth to 
that of each eye, a duiky line : ears fliort, tawny, 
marked with a brown bar: face, chin and throat, 
of a pale yellowifti brown : the face (lightly fpot- 
ted: body of a light tawny brown, marked with 
numbers of fmall round black fpots; not in cir¬ 
cles, but each diftind : the fpots on the rim and 
outfide of the legs were larger : the infide of the 
legs plain: hair on the top of the neck longer 
than the reft: that on the belly white, and very 
long: tail longer than the body of a reddifli 
brown color-, marked above with large black 
fpots ; the hair on the under fide very long. 
Size of a large gre-hound : of a long make: 
Cheft narrow : legs very long. 
Inhabits India : is tamed and trained for the 
chace of antelopes : carried in a fmall kind of 
waggon, chained and hoodwinked, till it ap¬ 
proaches 'the herd : when firft unchained does not 
immediately make its attempt, but winds along 
the ground, (topping and concealing itfelf till it gets 
a proper advantage, then darts on the animals with 
furprizing fwiftnefs overtakes them by the rapi¬ 
dity of its bounds; but if it does not fucceed in 
its firft efforts, confiding of five or fix amazing 
leaps, miffes its prey : lofing its breath, and find-! 
ing itfelf unequal in (peed, (lands (till: gives up 
