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impression so much of speed as of strength and 

 endurance. When I examined these Guazuti, my 

 mind quite misgave me about the history of the feral 

 Deer of our near-by mountains. The spotless coat 

 did not influence me in this uncertainty, for Humboldt 

 had described the C. Mexicaims, without restriction 

 to fawn-hood, as white-spotted. ... I can ac- 

 count for Sir C. Price's preference of the Fallow- 

 deer of Europe, supposing you are right in your 

 conjecture. Their flesh is known to be good, whereas 

 that of the American stock is coarse and not usually 

 well-flavoured. Those who have tasted our Deer say 

 they are delicious venison. If you can ascertain 

 what description of Cerf Sir Bethel Codrington has 

 in the island of Barbuda, you will probably learn 

 that Sir Charles Price and he drew their colonies 

 from the same herds. 



In these notes my friend seems to speak of the 

 Guazu-pita, the Guazuti, and the Cervus 3Iexicanus, 

 asif these nameswere synonymous; they indicate, how- 

 ever, three species. The Guazu-pita is the Suhulo 

 rufus of Col. H. Smith, which inhabits the deep forests 

 of South America from Brazil to Honduras. The 

 Guazuti is the Mazama campestris, extending through 

 the whole of the Southern Continent as far as Pata- 

 gonia, and chiefly affecting open plains. Of the third, 

 the Mazama Mexicana of Col. Smith, and, according 

 to Pennant, the Teutla Ma9ame of Hernandez, very 

 little is known, and we believe no specimens exist in 

 European Museums. The term Guazu, in the native 

 dialects of Brazil, is applied to any of the slender 

 limbed Ruminantia, with an adjectival affix for dis- 

 crimination of species. 



