EYNARD, JEAN GABRIEL ( 1775-1363 ) . A French banker known for iris interest in the cause of Greek independence. lle was born at Lyons, and settled at Geneva in 1810, after ac cumulating a great fortune in mercantile pur suits at. Genoa, Italy. He was the Ambassador of the Republic of Geneva to the Congress of 'Vienna, and in 1816 was appointed to assist in or ganizing the administration of Tuscany. He also served as the delegate of Tuscany at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 181S. In 1821 he became one of the foremost advocates of Greek independ ence, and for his services was naturalized as a Greek citizen. As he did not succeed in nego tiating a loan for the Revolutionary Government in Paris and London, he personally contributed 700,000 francs. After conducting a sort of reli gious and political crusade throughout western Europe in behalf of the Greeks, he Was largol;' instrumental in securing the throne of Greece for Onto of Bavaria. His fortune of about sixty mil lion francs was bequeathed largely to charitable enterprises. His principal publications are LettreP et documents offieiels relatifs aux divers evi.ne ments de ark(' (1831), and Fie de la baronne •rUdener (1849).
EYRA, (South American name). A re markable cat (Felis cyra) of eastern South America, Central America, and Alexieo. 11, is about the size of the domestic cat, but its legs are much shorter, and its body, neck, and head so slender and elongated as to present a striking similarity in form to a civet, increased by the extraordinary length and thickness of its tail.
The pupil of the eye is round. the ears rounded, and the muzzle compressed. The fur is soft, of a uniform reddish yellow or chestnut color, with a whitish spot on each side of the upper lip and on the chin. It is most common in Brazil and Paraguay. but is known as far north as the borders of the Unites], States. This is the cat to which the name represented by our word eougair (see COUGAR) was first applied; and it. is known in Mexico as 'apache.' It seems easily capable of domestication, since the few specimens kept in zoblogical gardens have quickly become gentle and playful, and sometimes have been at liberty about the buildings; and it is therefore sometimes adopted into the homes of the South Americans, but is likely to be mischievous to poultry. Eyras are expert hunters for small mammals and birds. Consult: Azara, historic Natural de los Pa faros del Paraguay, etc. (Madrid, 1SOS) ; Alston, "Mammals," in Biologia Centrali-Americana (London. 1879) ; Tegetmeier, "The Eyra Cat at the Zoological Gardens," in The Field (London, 1888). See Plate of WILD CATS with CAT.