See also:

• CARACAL
• CARACAL (Lynx caracal)

CARACAL (See also:

• LYNX (Lat. Lynx, Gr. airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)

Lynx caracal)  , sometimes called See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• LYNX (Lat. Lynx, Gr. airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)

lynx, an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal widely distributed throughout See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• ASIA

Asia, and over a large portion of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . It is somewhat larger than a See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox, of a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform reddish See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour above, and whitish beneath, with two See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white spots above each of the eyes, and a tuft of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair at the tip of the ears; to these it owes its name, which is derived from See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish words signifying " black-See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear." There is little See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information as to the habits of this animal in a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Dr W . T . See also:

• BLANFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1832-1905)

Blanford considers that it dwells among grass and bushes rather than in forests . Its See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey is said to consist largely of gazelles, small See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer, See also:

• HARES

hares and peafowl and other birds . The See also:

• CARACAL
• CARACAL (Lynx caracal)

caracal is easily tamed, and in some parts of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India is trained to See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture the smaller antelopes and deer and such birds as the See also:

• CRANE (in Dutch, Kraan; O. Ger. Kraen; cognate, as also the Lat. grus, and consequently the Fr. grue and Span. grulla, with the Gr. dpavos)
• CRANE, STEPHEN (1870-1900)
• CRANE, WALTER (1845– )
• CRANE, WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )

crane and See also:

• PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)

pelican . According to See also:

• BLYTH

Blyth, it is a favourite amusement among the natives to let loose a couple of tame caracals among a See also:

• FLOCK

flock of pigeons feeding on the ground, when each will strike down a number of birds before the flock can See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape . Frequent reference is made in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman literature to the lynx, and from such descriptions as are given of it there is little doubt that the caracal, and not the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European lynx, was referred to . In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide is made by the Zulus into skin-cloaks, known as karosses . According to W . L .

Sclater, these when used as blankets are said to be beneficial in cases of See also:

• RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism; an ointment prepared from the See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat of the animal being employed for the same purpose . The See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICAN

African caracal has been separated as Lynx, or Caracal, berberorum, but it is best regarded as a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• RACE

race .