At intervals it stopped, squatted low along the earth, and looked eagerly out upon the prairie.
It did not see the young hunters.

Its yellow eyes were bent upon the innocent little creatures that gambolled over the grass beyond.
It was an odd-looking animal--about the size of a terrier-dog, but, otherwise, altogether unlike one.

It was of a reddish yellow colour, with brown spots upon its sides, and stripes or bands of the same along its back.

These gave it the appearance of the leopard or tiger species, and it resembled these animals in the rounded, cat-like form of its head.

Its erect tufted ears, however, and short tail showed that it differed, in some respects, from the tiger kind.