He could only think of that panther Frank had seen on the previous night, and believed that he was now in the power of the ferocious beast.
Knowing something about the habits of these animals, he understood that the panther would make its leap, no matter how seriously it might be wounded.
When he had gone, his elder son, Bastian, renamed Aurelius Antonin, and because of a cloak he had invented nicknamed Caracalla, bounded like a panther on the throne.
African by his father, Syrian on his mother's side, Caracalla was not a panther merely; he was a herd of them.
The Panther is of the Cat's kind; about the height of a very large Greyhound of a reddish Colour, the same as a Lion.
He is a Beast of Prey, as the Panther is, and nearest to him in Bigness and Nature.
All I know is, that I especially remember the panther and the lion in Mr. Parley's famous zoological work.
I still vividly remember the panther and the lion, which appeared upon that stage.
Once more Tahoontowhee's piercing defiance split the quivering silence; once more the whining panther cry of the Cat-People floated back through the far darkness.
I have seen a sinewy panther so rebound when hurled from a high tree-top.
And they continued to scalp them as naturally as they once had clipped pads and ears from panther and wolf.
Presently, beside me came creeping the lithe Mohican, and lay down prone, smooth and golden, and shining like a sleek panther in the sun.
And walked away, swinging his light as furiously as a panther thrashes his tail.
Erie; and, lifting himself on tip toe, he threw back his brutal head and gave the Panther Cry so that his voice rang hideously through the night.
Thy hand is strong against the panther and the deer, but it has never taken the scalp of an enemy.
Do not kill the fox because the panther has mangled the game.
He is a panther that springs upon his prey from on high, before he sees whether it be not the doe that nourished his young.
Some panther or catamount," he thought, "in the trees above.
Lord H---- undertook to guide them to the spot where the panther lay; and not a little did they marvel at the accuracy and precision with which his military habits of observation enabled him to direct them step by step.
They killed a panther and a man when they were both together.
Once, and only once, he thought he saw the panther cross the trail, but it was at a spot peculiarly dark, and he did not feel at all sure that fancy had not deceived him.
The skin of the panther was sent by this boy, our captive, to Otaitsa, the daughter of the Black Eagle.
However, we shot a panther there, which we couldn't stay to skin, as their business in Albany was pressing.
Sir William; "but the lion must consider his children, and the pantheris his son.
The night came on--the hostile crew Went home, not doubting in the way To find the Panther dead next day.
To-morrow, and it please your Majesty To hunt the panther and the hart with me, With horn and hound we'll give your Grace bonjour.
I have dogs, my lord, Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase, And climb the highest promontory top.
Come on, my lords, the better foot before; Straight will I bring you to the loathsome pit Where I espied the panther fast asleep.
I've seen him drop a deer with a single-shot rifle when it was going through thick brush almost as fast as a locomotive; and I believe that he once assisted in killing a panther in a thicket where you couldn't see two yards ahead.
The point is that he meant to eat the deer--and the panther had been taking a rancher's hogs.
You're always hopin' to see a bear or a panther or a fairy run out from under my remarks.
The old man's startled ejaculation brought me to my feet as if a panther were upon me.
A party of fourteen left here yesterday for Panther Gorge, meaning to return by the Range, as they call your "summit trail.
They must have been heavily rained on at Panther Gorge yesterday evening.
The Count said some words to him in Arabic, and at once he walked forward and disappeared among the trees, going so silently and smoothly that she seemed to watch a panther gliding into the depths of a jungle where its prey lay hid.
Madame is brave as the pantherin the forests of the Djurdjurah.
Although it was not repeated, Dick believed it must have come from a panther seeking his prey amidst the snowy aisles of the forest.
This is the habit of most animals, since it allows them an opportunity to scent any lurking danger ahead, such as a panther stretched on a limb and waiting to spring upon them in passing.
Dick and Roger had shot a savage panther that was about to leap from the limb of a tree upon an old Indian squaw and a little girl.
Jean had seen him first, in time to leap like a panther into the shadow.
Jean recognized the dry, drawling voice of Greaves, and the shock of it seemed to contract the muscles of his whole thrilling body, like that of a panther about to spring.
And without warning he sprang like a panther at the offender's throat.
During the absence of my amateur photographer either a tiger or panther had passed close to the hut.
I may add that this is the only instance I have known of a man being killed by a panther in my neighbourhood.
On one occasion a panther killed a donkey close to my bungalow, and carried it off, and had even attempted to jump up the bank of an old ditch with it, which was five or six feet high, but had failed in the attempt and abandoned the carcase.
The panther had seized the goat, killed it, and jumped out of the cage with it, and had either not sense enough to cut the rope with his teeth, or had his suspicions aroused from finding the animal tied.
The only way of insuring success when hunting panthers is to have a small pack of country-bred dogs of so little value that when one or two of them may chance to be killed by the panther the matter is of little or no consequence.
But considering its size, the dragging power of a panther is much more remarkable, and it seems to carry off a bullock as easily as a tiger does.
While individual animals may attack man on rare instances, such occurrences are very rare, and it is safe to say that nine-tenths of the "panther stories" have no foundation whatever.
In the mountainous districts of the Eastern States, where they were once found in fair numbers, they were known as the panther or "painter" from a fancied resemblance to the panther of tropical Asia.
Just wanted to see how much you had in you," chuckled Panther Eye.
For a half hour he had permitted his mind to dwell upon his thrilling experiences in Russia with the "Reds"; in Alaska with Hanada; beneath the Chicago river with Cio Cio San; with Panther Eye and the wild beasts of the jungle.
The boys had called him "Panther Eye" because he appeared to have the power to see in the dark.
After his death no more half-eaten deer were seen in the woods by the hunters and backwoodsmen, so it was plainly evident that the mighty panther had been the cause of all this loss.
He like the eagle in the heavens, or the panther in the mountains.
To his astonishment no bear came forth, but a huge panther bounded into the open, and, jumping from rock to rock, was soon out of sight.
Meshack drew his hunting-knife, and, as the panther made a lunge at him, struck at him again and again.
Meshack was delighted, for the panther was evidently an old stager.
The panther sprang into the air, snapping at the place where the ball struck him.
When he had gone a few steps he heard something moving, and wheeling about, saw the panther creeping close upon him.
Pant--Panther Eye," replied the boy, not knowing what else to say.
So he was; but then he wasn't a panther at all, but a very large Pointer.
Sometimes we would sit dreamily on a rock top, Panther and I, for an hour at a time, vainly trying to drink in all the beauties of the scene.
But as Panther wouldn't come with me, I had to sail without him.
I would fain have taken him to sea with me, as he belonged to no one; but Panther said, "No, I cannot go.
If the panther comes back, holler to me, but don't shut the door unless he comes too close.
Four of us ought to beat off a pantherwith good strong heavy sticks.
I bet it's the same panther we met over on Porcupine," declared Byron soon after they were left alone.
He expected any moment to hear the panther come hounding after him and to be knocked over by the springing of the heavy body upon his back.
The suggestion that possibly the screams were those of a pantheror a lynx added a new element of fear to the situation.
The panther had stopped twenty feet away, crouching to spring, yet hesitating as if afraid.
If it's a panther or a lynx, where do you suppose it is?
We've seen a panther and found a dead man in a cave.
As they approached the landing place he examined closely the ruins of the homes of the cliff dwellers, where they had seen the panther on the day before, but it was no longer there.
He would be afraid to open the door again lest he find the pantherclose to the entrance ready to spring in.
