Besides the otfcr, of which I have already 

 spoken, the IVesli waters of Chili are inhal)ited 

 by the guillino and the coj/pu. 



The guillino (c;'.stor lliiidobiius) wliich I 

 have thus nanied in nieniDry of a deceased friend 

 of great literary atlaimiients^ Don Ig'nacius 

 Huidobrio, Marquis of Casa Reale^ is a species 

 of beaver, in hiah estimation for tlie fineness of 

 its fur. Its length, from the end of the nose to 

 the insertion of the tail, is about three feet, and 

 its height two. The colour of tlie hair is grey, 

 dark upon the back, and whitish on the belly ; 

 of this, like the northern beaver, it has two 

 kinds, the one short and fine and softer than that 

 of a rabbit, the other long and coarse and easilj 

 detacht^d from the skin. The short fur readily 

 takes any colour, and I have seen cloth manu- 

 factured from it dyed black and blue, which 

 had all the beauty of velvet ; it is also used for 

 maki.sg hats, that are no way inferior to the real 

 beaver. The head of this animal is almost 

 square, the ears are short and round, and the eyes 

 small, the nose is blunt, and the mouth is fur- 

 ni>:ied with two very sharp incisors in each jaw, 

 and with sixteen grinders ; on each foot it has 

 five toes, those before arc edged wiih a narrow 

 membrane, and the hinder ones are palmated ; 

 its b.u k is \ecy broad, and the tail long, flat, and 

 covered with hair. The guillino produces no 

 substLiiicc analogous to the castor ; it inhabits 



