Show LION CRIES LIKE A WOMAN Appetite of Americas America's Most MOlt Powerful Cat Is Whetted by Sight of Young Horse The mountain lion next to the Jaguar is the largest of ot the cat tribe native to America E. E W W. Nelson writes writer In the National Geographic Magazine In various parts of ot Its range It Is also known ns as the panther cougar and puma It Is a slender bodied animal with a small head hend und and a long round tall tail with a total length var varying lug from seven to nine feet and a weight from shout about HiO to 00 pounds No other American mammal has a range equal to that of or the mountain lion It originally Inhabited both North and South America from southern Quebec and Vancouver Island to Pate Pata Patagonia gonia and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast The mountain lion while powerful enough to be dangerous to man is In reality extremely timid Owing to Its being n a potentially dangerous animal the popular conception of It Is that of or ora n a some fearsome beast whose savage exploits exploits ex ex- are celebrated d In the folklore of our oUt frontier As a n matter of fact few wild animals are arc less Jess dangerous although there are authentic accounts of wanton attacks upon people Just as ns there are authentic Instances of buck deer and moose becoming aggressive It has hns a n wild weird cry popularly supposed to resemble the scream of a terrified woman which Is thrillingly impressive when the shades of ot evening are throwing a mysterious gloom over the for forests Although Inoffensive e as to people this cat Is such a n fierce and relentless enemy of large game and live stock that It Is everywhere an outlaw It often kills claves but is especially fond of ot young oung horses In many range districts of the Western states and on onElie he the table land of Mexico owing to the depredations of this animal It Is impossible Im- Im possible to raise horses |