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arriving in London, and some ria le Havre in France. 

 This fur is chiefly used in England and the United 

 States, and a few in German}-. It is manufactured into 

 sets of trimmings, muffs, capes, l)oas, etc. Many skins 

 are shipped ^^•ith pepper to preserve them from moth 

 or worm. 



CHINCHILLOXK, Oil LAGOTIS. 



La<l(itis riiricri. 



One would naturally infer from the Spanish name 

 Chinchillone, or small Chinchilla, that this animal was 

 very small, l)ut it is, on the contrary, almost doul)le the 

 size of the Chinchilla proper, heing al)out 1 foot long, 

 not including the 8 inches of the tail. 



The fur is long, fnie, and rather thick, hut l»cing 

 ragged, is consequently of littk; value, and hut a few 

 hundred skins are imported annually, fetching al)0ut 5s. 

 per dozen. 



The Lagotis is yellower than the Chinchilla ; it is of a 

 dingy })ur[)lish-dralt, yellower at the lu^ck, and there is 

 a ridge of hlack running down a1)out one-third of the 

 hack. The ears are rather long and upright, like those 

 of a wild llahhit. The tail is covered with hristly hairs 

 similar to the Chinchilla. There is said to l)e a l)lack 

 variety of this animal, hut we have never seen one. 



The Chinchillone inhabits Buenos Ayres, and other 

 parts of South America— perhaps Bolivia and Peru. 



By some persons this animal is supposed to he a cross- 

 breed between the Biabbit and Chinchilla. 



