27^ THE AK OUCH r, &c. 



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 In the original work we remarked, that the | 



akouchi was a different fpecies from the agouti ; 

 becaufe the former had a tail, and the latter 

 had no tail. The akouchi differs from the agou- 

 ti ftill more in magnitude, being no larger than 

 a young rabbit of fix months old. The akou- 

 chi is found only in extenfive woods. He feeds 

 on the fame fruits, and has nearly the fame 

 manners with the agouti. In the iflands of 

 Saint Lucia and Grenada he is called agouti. 

 His fiefli is white, and has the flavour of a 

 young rabbit ; and he is ranked amongft the fined 

 game in South America. When the akouchis 

 are purfued by dogs, rather than take the wa- 

 ter, they allow themfelves to be feized. M. de \ 

 la Borde informs us, though I doubt the fad,' 

 that the females produce only one, or at moll 

 two young, at a litter. They are eafily tamed, 

 and have a fmall cry like that of the Guincy 

 pig ; but it is feldom heard. 



Wc have given a figure of this animal, drawn 

 from a well preferved fkin. Meffrs Aublet and 

 Olivier affiire me, that, in Cayenne, the hare is 

 called agoutiy and the rabbit akouchi ; but that 

 the agouti is the heft food ; and, fpeaking of: 

 the game of this country, they inform mc, that; 



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