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Z7 the ^ k lea P e d forth like a projectile from a catapult, but while 
still in mid-air a shot by another hunter ended its life. The ingwe scorns to 
least upon dead game. 
A leopard has frequently been 
known to make off with an ox by 
making the ox serve as an un¬ 
willing steed bestrode by an unwel¬ 
come rider. It will alight on the 
ox’s shoulders, seize it with its 
teeth in front of the withers, dig 
one of its fore claws into the neck 
of the ox and the other into its 
back, and thus be borne along until 
its huge prey falls exhausted and the 
leopard can complete his feast at his 
own pleasure. On one occasion a 
hunter’s dogs found a leopard prowl¬ 
ing about the camp and made an 
attack upon it, when it coolly seized one of the dogs and carried it away as a 
dietary experiment. 
The African Leop¬ 
ard {Felis pardus) is a 
beautiful creature, if, 
as has been claimed, 
beauty is a mere matter 
of the skin. Its ground 
color is fawn inclining 
to yellow, g r o w i n g 
lighter in shade on the 
under parts. Upon this 
groundwork is scattered 
a profusion of dark or 
black spots which ap¬ 
pear to advantage from 
African leopard. the contrast. It lives in 
the trees, not amidst them, and hence has at times been called the tree tip-er. 
The leopard , or panther, carries 
its cubs as a cat does her kittens, 
and it is an amusing sight in a 
menagerie to see the mother pick 
up a cub in her teeth and carry it 
to some other part of the cage, as 
exhibiting a characteristic of the cat 
species, of which the leopard is a 
member. 
The Chetah, Hunting 
Leopard, Hunting Cat or 
Youze ( Gueparda , or Cynolocrus 
jubata ), is found alike in Africa and 
Asia. It 
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taller than a leopard, 
is 
