"Big cat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... hound at once and eagerly responded. As he snuffed the scent he challenged loudly, while still lying down. Then he staggered to his feet and started on the trail, going stronger with every leap. Evidently the big cat was not far distant. Soon we found where it had swum across the bayou. Piranhas or no piranhas, we now intended to get across; and we tried to force our horses in at what seemed a likely spot. The matted growth of water-plants, with their leathery, ...
— Through the Brazilian Wilderness • Theodore Roosevelt
... Maine's crew, a big cat, was found next morning, perched on a fragment of a truss which yet remained above the water, and near her, as if seeking companionship, was the ...
— The Boys of '98 • James Otis
... more curious than he, or you want the big cat's skin to take home with you. You steal away towards the cry, past the little commoosie, or shelter, that you made hastily at sundown when the trail ended. There, with your back to the fire and the commoosie between, the light does not dazzle your eyes; you can trace the shadows ...
— Wilderness Ways • William J Long
... little frightened at first, but presently she noticed that the leopard was not snatching at her, but at the handkerchief, which was still in her hand. And the leopard was not snatching ferociously, but almost playfully, like a great big cat. ...
— The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two • Prince Sarath Ghosh
... crept out on a strong branch and was watching for his prey. The eyes of the big cat snapped fire as they followed each movement ...
— The Later Cave-Men • Katharine Elizabeth Dopp |
