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See also:CARACAL (See also:Lynx caracal) , sometimes called See also:Persian lynx, an See also:animal widely distributed throughout See also:south-western See also:Asia, and over a large portion of See also:Africa. It is somewhat larger than a See also:fox, of a See also: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 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 See also:black See also:hair at the tip of the ears; to these it owes its name, which is derived from See also:Turkish words signifying " black-See also:ear." There is little See also:information as to the habits of this animal in a See also:wild See also:state. Dr W. T. See also:Blanford considers that it dwells among grass and bushes rather than in forests. Its See also:prey is said to consist largely of gazelles, small See also:deer, See also:hares and peafowl and other birds. The caracal is easily tamed, and in some parts of See also:India is trained to See also:capture the smaller antelopes and deer and such birds as the See also:crane and See also:pelican. According to See also:Blyth, it is a favourite amusement among the natives to let loose a couple of tame caracals
among a See also: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 and See also: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 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; an ointment prepared from the See also:fat of the animal being employed for the same purpose. The See also:North See also:African caracal has been separated as Lynx, or Caracal, berberorum, but it is best regarded as a See also:local See also:race.
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