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been estimated at about fifty. The habits and 

 manners of the larger animals, the tiger, leopard, 

 black tiger, rhinoceros, stag, two species of deer, 

 ten varieties of the wild hog, &c., are sufficiently 

 known ; but the banting, or Javari ox, the buffalo, 

 the varieties of the wild dog, the weasel, and squirrel, 

 and most of the smaller quadrupeds, still present 

 curious subjects for the study of the Naturalist. 

 Next to the rhinoceros, which sometimes injures 

 plantations, the wild hogs are the most destructive 

 animals. They are often poisoned (or intoxicated, 

 according to the quantity they consume) by the 

 kalek kambiny, or by the refuse from the preparation 

 of Irons. 



The birds include many species belonging to 

 Europe > The domestic fowls are the same ; among 

 the birds of prey the eagle is not found, but there 

 are several varieties of the falcon. They have the 

 carrion-crow and the owl; but only two of the 

 parrot kind; and in large forests the peacock is 

 very common. The number of distinct species of 

 birds has been estimated not greatly to exceed two 

 hundred, of which upwards of one hundred and 

 seventy have been described, and are already con- 

 tained in the collections made on account of the 

 English East India Company. 



