he had met with an enemy, and so attack it; upon which the trap would spring and secure him.

I have heard of a boy who had never seen a mirror, till one day, being in a great passion, he happened to pass one. He thought the image he saw was another boy, and it looked so wicked, that he was very much alarmed. He lifted his stick to defend himself, when the boy in the glass lifted his stick also. He took this for a challenge, and struck at the imaginary boy, thus dashing the mirror in pieces. The Leopard, then, is not alone in disliking his own angry face, so long as he thinks it belongs to somebody else.

In the year 1708, two of these animals, a male and female, with three young ones, broke into a sheepfold at the Cape of Good Hope. They killed nearly a hundred sheep, and regaled themselves with the blood; after which they tore a carcass into three pieces, and gave one of these to each of their offspring; they then took each a whole sheep, and, thus laden, began to retire; but, having been observed, they were waylaid on their return, and the female and the young ones were killed, while the male effected his escape.

THE Jaguar is somewhat less in size than the panther; but is like him in shape. His colour is a brownish yellow, with black streaks and long open spots; the thighs and legs are marked with black spots, without the central spaces. His breast and belly are whitish.

The Jaguar is less fierce in his disposition, and less sanguinary in his habits, than some others of the cat race. He inhabits thick forests, and the borders of rivers. He lives on small animals, but will sometimes destroy cows and even horses. He generally retreats before a man, unless attacked or pursued.

He often amuses himself in taking fish by the following artifice. He drops his spittle on the surface of the water,

and thus entices them to the top; as they approach, he dexterously knocks them out of the water, upon the shore, by a stroke of his paw.

The Jaguar is peculiar to South America. He is called the American Tiger, and resembles the true tiger more than any other American animal.

ANECDOTE.

A Spaniard was once informed that a Jaguar had attacked a horse near the place where he was. He ran to the spot, and found that the horse was killed, and part of his breast devoured; and that the Jaguar, having probably been disturbed, had fled.

He then caused the body of the horse to be drawn within musket-shot of a tree, in which he intended to pass the night, anticipating that the Jaguar would return in the course of it to its victim; but while he was gone to prepare adventure, the animal returned from the opposite side of a large and deep river, and having seized the horse with his teeth, drew it about sixty paces to the water, swam across with his prey, and then drew it into a neighbouring wood, the whole time in sight of the person who was left by the Spaniard, concealed, to observe what might happen before his return.

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THE Ounce is less in size than the panther, seldom exceeding three feet and a half in length; he is strong, longbacked, short-legged, and in figure resembles a cat. He is nearly of a cream-colour, and is marked with irregular black spots.

HABITS. COUNTRIES.

This animal preys on antelopes and other small animals. He is easily tamed, and is used in India for the chase of antelopes and hares, and on this account is sometimes called the Hunting Leopard. He is a native of Asia and Africa.

CURIOUS PARTICULARS.

The method of hunting with the Ounce is as follows. He is carried on horseback behind the rider, on a small leathern pad, made for the purpose. As soon as the horseman sees an antelope at a moderate distance, he makes the Ounce descend, which, creeping unperceived near the spot, springs, at five or six amazing leaps, suddenly upon it, and seizes it securely by the neck.

THIS animal is about as large as the ounce; his tail is much shorter, and black at the extremity. His ears are erect, with a pencil of black hair at the tip; the fur is long and thick; the upper part of the body is a pale gray; the under parts white. He is not a powerful animal, and offers little resistance when attacked.

He is found in the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America; climbs the highest trees, and preys on squirrels, deer, hares, the roebuck, and the wild boar. He is fond of blood, and kills great numbers of animals to satisfy this unconquerable thirst. It used to be supposed that he possessed a very extraordinary keenness of vision; that he could even see through a stone wall. Sharp-sighted as a Lynx," is a well known adage. But recent observation has led to the opinion that he is not superior in his gift of sight to some other quadrupeds, and he is doubtless inferior to many birds in this respect.

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The Lynx will sometimes undermine a sheepfold for the purpose of killing the sheep. It is related that, in Norway,