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According to Dr. Marx this species is found in Yucatan, Mexico, 

 Pernambuco and Honduras. Mr. Tyler Townsend records this 

 species from St. Davids, Jamaica where it was found on a horse. 

 The Mayaro specimens were taken from horses, cows and dogs 

 and are great pests in that district. The young of this tick 

 infests guinea grass and low shrubs in large numbers, and I have 

 often been covered with them in going through infested patches. 

 If they are not noticed at once and the clothes not changed they 

 attach themselves to the skin and are very irritating. The best 

 way to get rid of them is to rub the body with coconut oil. They 

 are commonly called " carapattes" in the country. 



Dr. Marx is desirous of more material, and I shall be very 

 glad to receive specimens from all localities in Trinidad, with full 

 information as to the animals on which they are found. All 

 specimens will be duly acknowledged. 



F. W. Urich. 

 27th Nov., 1893. 



CLUB PAPERS. 



A QUANK " HUNT. 



[For interesting notes by Mr. T. W. Carr, (father of the writer) ex- 

 planatory of some of the terms used in this paper the reader is re- 

 quested to refer at each interpolated letter to the end of the paper.] 



Having been called upon in April 1891, by a few pleasure- 

 seeking friends, who had come from Town v/ith a burning desire 

 for a hunt (a) in the virgin forest of Caparo (b), I willingly 

 promised to initiate them into the mysteries of the woods — with 

 what amount of success will presently appear. 



The next day was fixed upon ; when preparatory to starting 

 we set about to see that our hunting implements, to wit : guns, 

 hunting knives (c), cutlasses (d), lances (e), a coflee-digger (f), 

 and an axe, were ready. We then saw to that other important 

 factor, — our provisions for the day, which consisted of roasted 

 game and bread, and the amateur chasseur's indispensable re- 

 cuperative, a flask of whisky, an item which our old professional 

 " hunters " have learnt to do without. These people, one of whom 

 made the fifth of our party, are in some cases, small peasant pro- 

 prietors, generally descendants of that valuable pioneer class of 

 the early part of the century, the Venezuelan peons (g). Their 

 habit of life is to work one half of the week, and hunt and rest 

 the remainder. Our hunting pack comprised nine native curs, 

 all trained in Quank (h) and Lappe (i) hunting. Starting at 7 



