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fact confirmed bv Commodore Bvron, Aviiose 

 sailors killed several of them upon the coast of 

 Pa<ag'onia. These hares are foimd in a-rcat 

 numbers in the provinces of Coquimbo, Piicha- 

 cay, and lluilquilemu. The ficsh is perfectly 

 white, and of a much superior fiavoiir to that of 

 the European hare. The otter inhabits the fresh 

 waters of the southern proviaces^ and differs in 

 no respect frosii that of Europe. The rat has 

 been iir.ported in foreign * vessels^ and of the 

 mouse there are various species; the domestic 

 mouse, the ground mouse, and several others, 

 which I shall more particularly describe here- 

 after. 



In confining the number of quadrupeds in 

 Chili to thirty-six species, I have reference only 

 to those that arc well known ; but I am fully 

 persuaded that there is a much greater number, 

 especiiillv in the interior of the Andes, that are 

 as yet undisco\crcd or very imperfectly known. 



* A siiip frr.:;; Autv.erp, wliich went tliruiigli the straits, is 

 sriiu to iu;vc c;inied the iwfX ruts to America. They appeared 

 ill Chili, a!i(l nvjiiiplicd tiiere .so as to he very niiscliievous, but 

 \\\ r?v;il!e5 limt; I'loy were slill eoiiiined to the c()ast. (L 1. 

 C "].) The lir^t cat wiiieh vv;is tiia* ;i t-o Viiicrira \\as pre- 

 scv;le({ bv Mouler.e'^ro to A'rua'iro, wju) ^.ave hiiii in lelurii 

 six luiiuired pieces. \\ hitli -Litoii's ' .'.t hi'.rdiy turned out a 

 better venture. This is ;i goud trait i;i Ahuagro's eliaracter 

 one or t!;e bcsl-lieait'-d nicu umoug ail the eonquerDr.". E.E. 



Ihrreru, Dn. j, L 7. C Q. 



