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mant open and daring outrages an the
plantations of the -sttler. Sheep, grats,
and bhgs, are th particular objects of ill
depredation Reports are also gien that
it hMa soometnei attaCked man, but it
is considered that such reports are un.
f~inded; for it fortunately happens,
that the otherwie established reputation
frr courage in this animal is usually
found defiient inthis respect. The Black
Tiger, wvhch I deeimed mkie the fiercest,
is but rarely discovered. The Fe!li Par.
deals, or Mexican cal, is likerniw coim-
mn., nmid proves very dcstrucLivc to the
imuller kinds of stock, suclh a poultry, &c.
 The Deer, and a species ofGazelle,
or Antelnpe, are both abundant. The
former u ftheo m nll fallow kind, and which
inhabits most part of the A imerican con-
tinent, and the iilands contiguous to iL
The mnet tjis animal afford. it always
found extremely poor, which tu momt
]prolrubly bu altributId to- the very ha-
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