ARMADILLO. 



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Turbaao, celebrated for its volcanic cones. These 

 cones, from eighteen to twenty in number, are of a 

 darkish clay, with a small crater on each summit, 

 filled with water. They emit, from time to time, a 

 loud dull sound, which is followed, in less than a 

 minute, by the explosion of a quantity of air, and the 

 force with which this air is propelled above the sur- 

 face of the water, renders it probable that a heavy 

 pressure occurs within the earth. Five explosions 

 generally succeed one the other in about two minutes, 

 and are uniformly accompanied by a shower of mud. 



GIANT ARMADILLO (Dasypuf giganteut). 



The Indians say, that these cones have not under- 

 gone any change during the memory of man, but 

 that the force and frequency of the explosions vary 



