SIYA-CHUSU, the caracal of Buffon, an animal of the cat kind. It has a lengthened face, and small head; very long slender black ears, terminated with a long tuft of black hairs; inside and bottom of the ears white; nose white; eyes small: the upper part of the body is of a very pale reddish brown, the tail rather darker; belly and breast whitish: limbs strong, and pretty long: tail about half the length of the body. They inhabit Persia, India, and Barbary; where they are often brought up tame, and used in the chase of lesser quadrupeds, and of the larger sort of birds, such as cranes, pelecans, peacocks, &c. which they surprise with great address: when they seize their prey, they hold it fast with their mouth, and lie for a time motionless on it. They are said to attend the lion, and to feed on the remains of the prey that animal leaves. They are very fierce when provoked: Dr Charleton says, he saw one fall on a hound, which it killed and tore to pieces in a moment, notwithstanding the dog defended itself to the utmost. The Arabian writers call it Anakel Ard: they say that it hunts like the panther; jumps up at cranes as they fly; and covers its steps when hunting.