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hog and the dog, although I do not consider 

 them as procecdmg from a European stock, as 

 the proper names which they both have in the 

 Chilian language distinguished them from foreign 

 animals. Even Acosta, who wrote shortly after 

 the conquest, does not venture to give a decisive 

 opinion respecting the origin of the domestic 

 hog of Peru, The hog of Chili, called by the 

 Indians cliancliu, is similar in its appearance to 

 that of Europe ; it is full as large, and generally 

 white, in which respect it differs from that of 

 Peru, which is always black. 



As to the dog, Avithout pretending that all 

 the kinds at present found in the country were 

 there before the arrival of the Spaniards, I have 

 reason to believe that the little barbet, called 

 kiUlio, and tlie common dog, thcgua in Chilian, 

 the breeds of which are found in all parts of 

 America, as far as Cape Horn, were known in 

 Chili before that period. These dogs, it is true, 

 bark like those of Europe, but this is not a con- 

 clusive reason for supposing them io be derived 

 from that race. The gencrrvl opinion that the 

 American dog is dumb, has unquestioiial)lv arisen 

 from the circumstance of the fhst conquerors 

 haven given similar names to iho.-c anima - of 

 the new world, which b->ic some r??emb]ance to 

 fho^e of the old. This is ct)ur..:'U-d bv the 

 learned Ab'jc Claviircio, v> l:o, in iiis Hisiory of 

 :Mc.\ito, sa^s that the msi Siiaiiiards who came 



