THE LONG-NOSED TAPI1R. 



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Where found Utility of the skin. 



These animals are chiefly found in the woods 

 and rivers on the eastern side of South America, 

 from the Isthmus of Darien to the river of Ama- 

 zons. The Indians make bucklers of the skin, 

 which is very thick, and so hard, when dried, as 

 to resist the impression of an arrow. 



