“Since the beginning of summer, beyond Vyshgorod, in the protected princely forests stretching for several miles over the Dnieper, the red beast pardus, or leopard, has been seen more than once. Having heard the first report about this, the prince did not believe it. For many years he devoted his leisure time to hunting, both with dogs and with falcons, and knew the entire surrounding area thoroughly, but from time immemorial there were no pardus here, and they did not even wander from other places. And the most ancient old people did not remember that such a thing had happened in their memory...”