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The sloth, and particularly the large one ; the 

 skeleton, and in spirits. 



Every species of deer and roe buck ; die skiu, 

 and the skeleton. 



The great howling ape (mycetes) ; the skeleton, 

 and in spirits. 



Several tongues and larynxes of the same animaL 



Terra Firma, and the mouths of the Oronooko. 



As Martinique and Cayenne have frequent com- 

 munications with the coasts of Terra Firma, and 

 the mouths of the Oronooko, it is important to 

 know the names of some of 'the animals which 

 abound in these regions, and to procure them under 

 those given them in their own country. 



It would be easy to procure, from Cumaua, the 

 bird called guacho, which inhabits the caverns of 

 Caripe, and from which the Indians extract a 

 greasy fluid like oil. 



We require from Porto Cabello, the fish of Lake 

 Valencia; and from Nueva Barcelona, the bava, a 

 .species of small crocodile, from two to three feet 

 long, unknown in Europe, and different to the 

 monitor : the tatous (armadilloes, dasypus), or spiny 

 rat (of Arzara, Echimys). Amongst the living 

 unimals which might arrive from Spanish Guyana, 

 we especially desire to have the caparo, the capu- 

 chin of Oronooko, the viudeta, the cacajo or mona- 



