The head resembles that of the lion, but without the mane, and is prolonged into a face and snout more like those of the wild boar.

Its limbs are less unlike those of the feline genus than any other Earthly type, but have three claws and a hard pad in lieu of the soft cushion.

The upper jaw is armed with two formidable tusks about twelve inches in length, and projecting directly forwards.

A blow from the claw-furnished tail would plough up the thigh or rip open the abdomen of a man.

A stroke from one of the paws would fracture his skull, while a wound from the tusk in almost any part of the body must prove certainly fatal.
Fortunately, the _kargynda_ has not the swiftness of movement belonging to nearly all our feline races, otherwise its skins, the most valuable prize of the Martial hunter, would yearly be taken at a terrible cost of life.