GUINEA-PIGS FROM 1C A. 21 



TABLE 12. Young produced by the three original lea guinea-pigs or their inbred descendants. 



The question at once arises whether the stock obtained by me from 

 lea was really a feral stock, in origin like the animals described by Von 

 Tschudi, or whether they were present-day domesticated animals 

 concerning whose origin I was deceived. Since I did not myself see 

 the animals captured or see similar animals running at large and did 

 not even visit lea, I can make no positive statement as to their feral 

 origin, but I believe the report made to me by the agents of W. R. 

 Grace & Co., that they were caught feral in the neighborhood of lea, 

 to be correct for the following reasons: (1) The animals were placed 



