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Volume 3 (1858-1859) (592 pages)
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6 HUTCHINGS’ CALIFORNIA MAGAZINE.
plood-thirsty, often pouncing upon more
victims than they can devour at one time.
They have been known to kill as many
as thirty sheep in one night. They are
the terror of young cattle—though the
deer, it appears, is their principal food.
They lie upon the branch of a tree, like
a cat, and leap upon their unsuspecting
victim from a distance of twelve or fourteen feet. Immediately upon grasping a
sheep, they kill it by opening the veins
of the throat, and then drink the blood,
They then eat the intestines, head and
shoulders, and leave the remainder. Singular to relate, after having killed more
sheep than is required at one meal, they
remove them to some ‘secure place, and
spread them out carefully in the air.
They then leave for two or three days,
and if, upon their return, they: find the
meat tainted, it is deserted for something
more fresh. We have this. interesting
fact from old mountaineers who are well
acquainted with the habits of the animal.
The eyes of the Lynx are very large, full
and piercing, and of a bright yellow
eolor. The Lynx has a beautiful skin,
and its meat is pronounced by those who
pretend to be well posted, a rare and delcate morsel. The engraving furnished by
our artist may be relied upon as entirely
correct,
THE CALIFORNIA DEER.
We give above a very correct drawing
of the California Deer—by many called
the Elk. We are at a loss to conceive
how this beautiful animal should be confounded with the clumsy, ill-shaped Elk.
Ki differs.from the Elk in a great many
respects, especially in its most striking
features. The Elk, besides the great .
hump on the neck, has a much longer
head and ears, and heavier horns. The
nostrils of the Elk also resemble those of
the horse; while those of the Deer, as