The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-11-01
From the London Weekly Review.
LEOPARD HUNTING.

LEOIARD HUNTING.
The leopard of Southern Africa is known among
the Cape colonsts by the of the tiger; but is
in fact the real leopard, the S u6atd of naturalists
well known for the beauty of its shape and spotted
skin, and the treachery and erceness of its DISPOSE
ton The animal called the leopard (lgipaard) by
the Cape Dutch boors is species of the panther and
is inferior to the real leopard both in size and beauty
Both of them dreaded in the mountainous districts
account of the ravages which they occasionally
commit among the ocks, and on the young cattle and
horses i'll the breeding season. The South African
panther is cowardy ANIMAL and, like the hyena, flies
from the face of man. The leopard also, though his
low half smohered growl is frequently heard by night
as he prowls like an evil spirit around the coage Of
the kraal, will seldom attack mankind (ch-
dren exceped unless previously assaed or cxaspera-
ted When hunted, as he usually is with dogs, he in
snctlvey bcakcs himself to tree, when he falls all
easy prey TO the shot of the huntsman. The leopard,
however, though fur inferior in strength and intrepid
ty the lion, is yet an extraordinary active and furious
animal and when driven to extremity proves himself
occasionally an antagonist not to be triled with The
colonss relate many instances of arduous and even
fatal encounters with the hunted leopard. The follow
ing is of these adventures, which occurred in
frontier district in 1929, described by one of the
Two mdlvidualssO perilously engagednit. Two Doors
returning from hunting the hartcbecst, (dateope bu6a
hS,) fell i'll with leopard in a mountain ravinc, and
endclvoured to escape by clambering up precipcc
bit being hotly pressed, and slightly wounded by a 4
nls&et ball, he turned upon his pursues with that
frantic (erocity which on such emergencies he FREQUENT
~ displays and springng upon the who had fired
at him. tore him from his horse to the ground, biting
nm ut the same time very severely in the shoulder and
tearing his face and arms with his talons The other
hunter seeing the danger of his conratc Che was if
mistake not, his BROTHER, sprung from his horse and
attempted 70 shoot the leopard through the head but
whether owing to trepidaton, the fear of Womlnr
ms friend, the sudden motions Of the ANIMAL he I'M
fortunately missed. Theieopar abandoning his pros
uAtc enemy, dlrcd with redoublcl fury upon this |
second antagonist and so fierce and sudden was his
onset that before the boor could stab him with his hun
ng knife, he had struck him in the eyes with his claws,
ana torn the scalp his forehead In this fghtful
condition., the hunter grappcd with the raging beast
ana STRUGGLING for life, they rolled together down
s'ecp decyity. All this passed 50 rapidly, that the
otier boor had scarcely time to from the cen
fusion IN which his feline foe had LEFT him, to seize his
gun, ana rush forward to aid his comrades when he be-
ned mem rolling together down the steep bunk MINOR
'i collhct. In Il few moments he was at the bottom
Men tcn but too late to the life of his friend
! ne leopard had torn open the lugular vein. and so
uieadlniy mangcd the throat of the unfortunate man.
mat his death was inevitable; and his comrade had
oily tle melancholy satisfaction of completing the de-
Sluclon OF the savage BEAST already exhausted with
several deep wounds in the breast from the desperate
knife OF the expiring huntsman.
neTeco-Accounts recently received at New York repre
sin" ~ country as in state of terrible anarchy and conf-