Is less than the panther, seldom exceeding three feet and a half in length, very strong, long backed, and short legged, resembling a cat; to which species he belongs. His teeth are so sharp, that he can bite wood asunder with them; and he fights with his claws, which are possessed of very great sharpness and strength. The colour of the upper part of his body is that of whitish oak, the lower part of an ash colour, all over sprinkled with black spots, which are larger, and in form of annulets, round his tail. This species inhabits Barbary, Persia, Hyrcania, and China; is used for the chase of antelopes and hares, and is as much under command as a setting dog; returns at the call, and jumps up behind his master, being carried on the crupper on horseback. This animal, and the two preceding ones, were anciently consecrated to Bacchus, to whose triumphal car they used to be harnessed, in allusion to the effect of wine upon the mind of man, whom intoxication often renders ferocious. The beauty of his skin has made it valuable among furriers.

THIS animal is proverbial for his piercing sight: there is no beast existing which is able to discover his prey at so great a distance as the Lynx. He is of the cat kind, and about the size of the ounce. The only striking difference between the Lynx and all those of the panther tribe is in his tail, which is at least half as short in proportion, and black at the extremity; his ears are erect, with a long pencil of black hair at the tip; the fur is long and thick; the upper parts of the body are of a pale gray colour, with a reddish tinge, the under parts white. The fur is extremely valuable. This animal prefers cold to temperate climates; he pursues his prey even into the highest branches of trees; neither the wild cat, the martin, the ermine, nor even the squirrel, can escape him; and such is his native ferocity, that it is considered impossible to tame and subdue him: in a state of captivity, on the slightest irritation or insult, he expresses his anger by a kind of snarling scream. The Lynx of Abruzzo is the most swift, subtle, and audacious beast of prey in Italy; it hunts chiefly in the night, and as the blood of animals is its most favourite food, it kills large numbers to satisfy this appetite. The wild boar and the roebuck are often destroyed to gratify its desire for blood.

MIGHT be called the domestic tiger or leopard: she looks as a species of those wild beasts, brought to and degraded by domesticity. However tame a Cat may be individually, the race has not yet lost its original habits; and ferocity, cunning, and treachery, still characterize the Cat, even on the comfortable lap, or at the side, of his fond mistress. The domestic Cat is of various colours, from white to black, and the tortoiseshell one is reckoned the handsomest, although males of this description are seldom, if ever, to be found. The Cat is a cleanly, neat, and very useful creature, but can never be cured of its thieving propensity. The tongue is uncommonly rough, and the claws, which are sheathed and brought out as the animal pleases, exceedingly sharp. The Cat lives ten or twelve years, and brings five or six kittens at a litter, which the female educates and constantly drills in all fanciful tricks and useful exercise; far away from her stern and saturnine mate, who would destroy them if they were in his reach.

Mr. White, in his account of Selborne, informs us, among other instances of the same kind, that a boy brought to him three young squirrels which had been taken from their nest. These little creatures he put under a Cat that had recently lost her kittens; and he found that she nursed and suckled them with the same

assiduity and affection as if they had been her own progeny.

The author of the "Splendid Shilling" gives us the following description of this domestic animal:

Grimalkin, to domestic vermin sworn
An everlasting foe, with watchful eye
Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap
Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice
Sure ruin.

AMONG the various ruminating animals, those of the Cow kind deserve the first rank, both for their size, their beauty, and their services. We are nourished with their milk, and we are supported with their flesh; their harmlessness and innocence endear them to us, and claim from us that protection which their natures seem to require; and in return they supply us with

The Cow is the

the necessaries and comforts of life. poor man's pride, his wealth, and his support. Nature has furnished these animals with an appetite for coarse and simple nutriment; she has enlarged the capacity of the intestines, so as to take in a great supply of food; and has given them four distinct stomachs, through which it must successively pass. The Cow gives from six to twenty quarts of milk in a day; and the faculty of giving it in such abundance, and with so much ease, is a striking peculiarity, for this animal differs in some parts of its organization from most others, having a larger udder, and longer and thicker teats, than the largest animal we know of; it has likewise four teats, whilst all other animals of the same nature have but two; it also yields the milk freely to the hand, whilst all other animals, at least those that do not ruminate in the same manner, refuse it, unless their young, or some adopted animal, be allowed to partake it. The Cow goes nine months with young, and seldom produces more than one at a time. Her age is known by her horns; at four a ring is formed at their roots, and every succeeding year another ring is added. Thus, by allowing three years before their appearance, and then reckoning the number of rings, the creature's age may be exactly known.

By great industry and attention to their breed, and by judicious mixtures with those of other countries, our horned cattle are universally allowed to be the finest in Europe; although such as are purely British are inferior in size to those of many parts of the continent.

The Bull is a very strong fierce creature; his strength in all his body is very great but particularly about the head and neck; his forehead seems to be made for fight, having short thick horns, with which he can toss up into the air a large dog and other weighty things: his voice is deep and loud, and, when furious, nothing can stop his devastations.