HINTERLAND NOTES 465 



boys delight to tie strings to the waist and to race the kuachis 

 against each other. These animals are to be found on the 

 low ground, to the west of the Mission, about Kwatata 

 Creek. 



The accouri, adoiu'i and labba, are to be found wherever 

 there is an extent of Bush. I have seen them in Uruata 

 Forest, and they have been shot in Thewarikuru Bush. The 

 holes of the accoiu'i may often be seen — perchance a camudi 

 has taken possession of the hole, and the accouri family is 

 lodging within the camudi ! 



Uruata Forest is the home of the armadillo and the por- 

 cupine and the sloth. I caught a glimpse of an armadillo 

 and was given some spines of the porcupine. In this big 

 forest, droves of peccary trample, making a varied diet of 

 yellow hog-plums, which may be found scattered over the 

 ground, in places, during the season, and of snakes which 

 come in their way. The Indians name five distinct kinds 

 of peccary, although only two appear to be known to science. 

 The Indian names are: 



Abuya (Abouyah Dicot/flcs tajacu). 



Poingga (Kairuni Dicofyles peccari). 



Paraka. 



Karuata. 



Iwawtaw. 



Allusion is made to the karuata in the opening stanza 

 of a song which accompanies the Parishara Dance : 



"Karuata wai ke U yipu i e." (With the call of the 

 karuata, I come.) 



I have not made records of the localities in which the 

 different species may be found; but I know tliat poingga 

 have been shot while skirting the Anai Savannah; paraka 

 have been brought in by Indians from Mare-kupu Bush; 

 and abuya have been shot in Uruata Forest. The Karuata, 

 I am told, is found in the forests which clothe the 

 Pakaraimas. 



