They reported, however, that they had seen a leopard and a number of hideous beasts which Ben Ezra told them were hyenas, which delighted to feast upon the dead of battlefields.
As a caged leopard hath power, so hast thou," said Lysias.
There was a broken mental fantasy of--of a leopard bearing a woman in shining hair.
Attention should be called to an insect rather recently introduced into the New England States, which will probably attack nut crops, namely, the so-called leopard moth, already indicated in the list of titles on nut insects.
The leopard had done enough damage in the village and was a danger to human life.
The sun has long set, and any moment he may be here, for who can shoot a leopard in the dark?
On the underside of the seat, the serpent holds a leopard in its mouth; leopard holding a palm branch in its mouth.
Head of a mace, ornamented with leopard and keepers and heads in bas-relief; decorated with interlaced strap-work, with brass inlaid in copper.
The leopard is covered with incised spots and small punch-marks all over.
He is of a tawny colour with spots which differ, however, from the true leopard inasmuch as they are ocellated, i.
Felis onca, to give the animal the dignity of his full official title, is most like the leopard or panther of the Old World.
The Palmyrean leopard hath bravely trapped both the Roman eagle and the Persian lion.
His trained leopard or cheetah had drawn the beast from his lair, and by cunning devices had led him on until the unfortunate lion was half-entrapped.
The ship was accordingly put about, and in a short time the spot was reached on which still lay the carcasses of the leopard and the female unicorn.
In those silent places the gaur, the rhino, the Malay sambar, the clouded leopard and the orang-utan surely are measurably safe from the game-bags and market gunners of the shooting world.
If a rogue elephant, a man-eating tiger or a nasty leopard became a public nuisance, it was a case for a sahib to come and doctor it with a .
The leopard is still to be found all over the country, except where the population is thickest; and as the leopard haunts rocky places, it is, though much hunted for the sake of its beautiful skin, less likely to be exterminated.
It was the spirit of anger that was seeking to persuade me to crush Joseph, as a leopard crunches a kid between its teeth.
A leopard sprang at my dog in Hebron, and I grasped its tail, and hurled it away from me, and its body burst on the coast at Gaza.
Overcome by a sudden fright, the Arab staggered backward a pace, and like a flash the leopard shot to the end of his chain, and fastening teeth and claws on the unfortunate man's neck, bore him to the ground.
The leopard perhaps was dreaming of the days when he was wont to chase the deer through the jungle, for suddenly his spotted body quivered and his long tail shot out like a stiffened serpent.
A dingy leopard skin was still bound around his loins, and suddenly seizing the end of it he began to chew it greedily.
Foremost among the Somalis stood Oko Sam, his leopard skin dangling about his loins, and a fiendish expression on his face.
Just then a huge savage, wearing a leopardskin about his waist, advanced through the crowd, which fell back at his approach.
He was simply clad in white linen, with a great sword at his side, and on his head was a leopard skin cap, so constructed that the tail of the leopardhung down his back.
It boasted a spacious courtyard, inclosed by a low stone parapet, and within this space were a dozen armed guards, clad in leopard skin caps, and bearing brightly polished rifles.
The leopard rolled over lifeless, and the Arab, with Guy's assistance, rose to his feet very dazed, while the blood dripped down from his lacerated back.
Mr. Leopardhimself is beating the drum; he is saying, saying: "O Antelope!
Nianga Dia Ngenga andLeopard Nianga Dia Ngenga takes up his gun, saying: "I will go a-hunting.
Aesop (Greek) Leopard and the Other Animals (African) Lion and the Ass Hunting, The.
Of mighty sway and lofty mien, Who, like this Leopard at the fair, Show all their talents on the skin!
The Monkey and the Leopard A Monkey and a Leopard were The rivals at a country fair.
The Raja, without waiting for Hathi to kneel, jumped from his back, and rushing like the charge of a Sambhur, drove his spear through Yellow Leopard as he still held the Sahib by the throat, and killed him.
All that appears reasonable; but, tell me, Brothers, why is Yellow Leopard so bright in his spots?
Yellow Leopard to me, and with a rush that was full of wickedness he went straight for the fat Sahib; and before I knew how it was done, had broken his neck with the hold that we all know so well.
When the laughter had subsided, White Leopardproceeded with his story.
Me-thinks White Leopard would have felt more at home there than I did.
Leopard has boasted of the merit of his spotted coat for hiding in the sun-splashed Jungle; and also Bagh has told how the stripes on his sides hide him in the strong grass.
I licked the blood that was on my claws, and Yellow Leopard and I both laughed till the Keeper came running with a sharp iron bar.
Thus appealed to, Yellow Leopard commenced: "I came from a jungle land--Burma.
Then I gathered all the dry stumps and bush I could find, and made a fire, for lion and leopard spoor were very plentiful: moreover, a fire would help Inyati to find his way back.
Yet, in those brief passages of Holy Writ, the various attributes of the animal are delineated with such fidelity, that no one could doubt that the Leopard was familiarly known in Palestine.
As soon as theLeopard sees the deer feeding at a distance, he slips down the tree and stealthily glides off in their direction.
The dogs think that they hear a Leopard at a distance, and dash towards the sound with furious barks and yells.
In more ancient times, a leopard skin was the official costume of a priest, the skin being sometimes shaped into a garment, and sometimes thrown over the shoulders and the paws crossed over the breast.
The reader will now see how forcible is the lament of Jeremiah, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the Leopard his spots?
The spotted body harmonizes so perfectly with the broken lights and deep shadows of the foliage that even a practised hunter will not enter a covert in search of a Leopard unless he is accompanied by dogs.
The natives of the countries where it resides say that it is able to kill by its kick the jackal that comes to steal its eggs, and that even the hyaena and the leopardare repelled by the gigantic bird.
Like the eagle on her eyrie, I would sit with folded wings and scream my defiance to the leopard prowling below.
She spoke not, scarcely moved a limb; but I felt as the lamb must feel when the leopard has made her spring, and there is no escape.
In front was the Chief Priest, a venerable man, but to my surprise without his leopardskin dress.
Next walked twelve servants of the temple, headed by the Chief Priest, clad in his robes of leopard skins, after whom marched a troop of soldiers with the sun glittering on their armour and accoutrements.
The Pardhis say that when it misses the game the leopard is as sulky as a human being and sometimes refuses food for a couple of days.
On a hunting party the leopard is carried on a cart, hooded, and, being approached from down wind, the deer allow the cart to get fairly close to them.
The leopardis caught full-grown by a noose in the manner related above.
Hunting with leopards The manner in which the Chita Pardhis use the hunting leopard (Felis jubata) for catching deer has often been described.
The hood is then taken off and the leopard springs forward at the game with extreme velocity, perhaps exceeding that which any other quadruped possesses.
I rode forward, and, on looking over the bank, the leopard started up and sneaked off alongside of the tall reeds, and was instantly out of sight.
The stoppage thus occasioned enabled the pursuers to gain ground, and, just after the leopard had emerged from the river, and was shaking its skin free from the watery drops, one of the party seized the auspicious moment, and fired.
The leopard laid his head upon the mosaic floor and uttered a howl of impotent fury.
The leopard had waited for this moment; he moved slightly in his corner, rising slowly.
The leopard moth requires two years to complete its round of life.
Barron sent a note refusing to comply with the demand, whereupon the Leopard fired several broadsides into the Chesapeake.
Barron struck his colors without firing a shot, and permitted the officers of the Leopard to board his vessel and search her.
