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THE SAVAGE WORLD, 
as they rise to the surface, kills them and draws them in with its paws. It is 
very fond of turtles, which it instinctively turns on their backs. As it catches 
all that it sees, the natives have found it profitable to merely glean in its path¬ 
way. The natives 
kill it with spears, 
or capture it by 
lassooing. Its most 
dreaded enemy is 
the boa constrictor 
which is said to get 
the jaguar occasion¬ 
ally in its fatal folds. 
The Puma 
( Felts , or leopardus 
concolor ,) is found 
throughout the two 
Americas from the 
extreme south to the 
extreme north. It goes by different names in different localities—the panther , 
American lion , cougar , painter , and possibly one or two others. Many and 
SOUTH AMERICAN PUMA. 
thrilling are the stories of which it forms the subject, and numerous and fre¬ 
quent have been adventures to which they imparted the liveliest interest. It 
