THE GUANACO. 



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BRAZIL. 



in a cottage at Botafogo Bay. An old Portuguese priest 

 took me out to hunt with him. The sport consisted in 

 turning into the cov- 

 er a few dogs, and 

 then patiently wait- 

 ing to fire at any 

 animal which might 

 appear. My com- 

 panion, the day be- 

 fore, had shot two 

 large bearded mon- 

 keys. These animals 

 have prehensile tails, 

 the extremity of 

 which, even after 

 death, can support 

 the whole weight 

 of the body. One 

 of them thus remained fast to a branch, and it was neces- 

 sary to cut down a large tree to procure it. This was 

 soon done, and down came tree and monkey with an awful 

 crash. Our day's sport, besides the monkey, was confined to 

 some small green parrots and a few toucans. 



TOUCANS. 



THE GUANACO. 



THE guanaco, or wild llama, is the characteristic quadru- 

 ped of the plains of Patagonia; it is the South American 

 representative of the camel of the East. It is an elegant 



