26 SEPTEMBER 1896, Page 15

BLOODTHIRST.

[To THE EDITOR OF SHE " SPECTATOR."1

,S1114■411 the article on "Bloodthirst " in the Spectator of -September 19th you remark that "the great felidm -never attack whole herds for the pleasure of killing beasts which they cannot eat." Well you allow me to quote an instance which, at any rate, "looks the other way" ? I have