Htflom of the Indies lib. 4.* 



it is (aid, they found hcnncs and fwine ofSpaine. 

 But howfocver it be, it is moft certaine, that this cattell 

 hath greatly multiplied at the Indies. They eate the 

 flefli frefh , and hold it to be as holefomc and as good, 

 as if it were of mutton; as in Carthagcncm fome partes, 

 they are become wildcandcruell,the which they hunt 

 like wildc boares, as we fee in S. Dominique ,and other 

 Hands where the beafts live iti the f orrefts. In fome pla 

 ces they fcedc them with the grainc of Mays, and they 

 grow wonderfully fatte,to have the greafc, which they 

 vfe for want ofoylc-in fbmeplaces they make gamons, 

 as in TollttM of new Spaine t znd in Paria at Peru. Retur 

 ning then to fuch beafts as are peculiar there, even as 

 the Sainos arc likevnto fwine , though fbmewhat lefle; 

 even fo the Dagtts rcfcmble fmall kine, but more vnto 

 mules, having no homes. .The hides of ihefe beafts arc 

 much efteemcdfbr jerkins and other coverings, they 

 are fo hard as they refift any blow whatfbcver . And as 

 the Dtntts be defended by the hardnes of their hides, 

 fothofe which they call Armadillos are by the multi 

 tude of their fcales, which open and fliut as they pleafe 

 like to a curaflc . There be litlc beafts which go thorow 

 the woods,called^;vW/% , by reifbn of the defcn ce 

 they have hiding thcmfclves within their fcales ; and 

 opening when they lift : I have eaten of them, and doe 

 not holdc it fora meate of any gcat woorth 5 but the 

 flefti of the 7 guana* is a better meate, but more horri 

 ble to the eye : for they arc like to the very Lizardes of 

 S faint, although they be of a doubtfull kinde, for that 

 they go to the water, & camming to land they climbe 

 the trees vpon the bankes ; and as they caft themfelves 

 from the trees into the water, the boat'es watch vnder- 

 neath to receive them. The Chiwhilfa is an other kind 



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