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one of the chief articles of sustenance of the Indians ; and as their 

 being hunted with a well-trained dog insures more certain success, a 

 dog of that description commands a good price. The Peccari is called 

 Apuya by the Arawak Indians, Paraka by the Macusis, Pakira by the 

 Paravilhanas, Pakitye by the Warraus. 



The white-lipped Peccari or Kairuni (Dicoteles labiatus, Cuv.) is 

 considerably larger than the preceding, of a darker colour, and white 

 upon the cheeks and lips; and the hair about the head is so long that 

 it almost covers the ears. The young are of a chesnut colour, and 

 their cry resembles the bleating of a goat. Their manner of feeding 

 and habits in general are not different from the Peccari, but they 

 travel together in herds of several hundreds. They are more fierce 

 when hunted, and often kill the dogs that attack them by ripping them 

 up with their tusks; and they are also known to have attacked the 

 huntsman. When they once take to flight they can be followed with- 

 out much danger, as they seldom retain their courage or turn round 

 upon their pursuers. The Jaguars commit great carnage among them ; 

 they remain generally in the rear and seize upon the last and all 

 stragglers ; but it is asserted by the Indians, and corroborated by wood- 

 cutters and others who live in the interior, that the white-lipped 

 Peccaris frequently surround the Jaguar and tear their enemy to pieces. 



Of all the rivers in British Guiana, the Berbice offered the greatest 

 difficulties to our ascent, either in the shape of cataracts or from 

 large trees, which we frequently found lying across where the river 

 narrowed, which either the wind or age had prostrated. Our advance 

 amounted on the 2nd of January (1837) scarcely to two miles, the 

 trees which barricaded our passage were so numerous. While we were 

 thus engaged in cutting through a large mora-tree, one of the Indians 

 who had been straying about, brought us information that a herd of 

 the larger Peccari were feeding at a short distance from a river. Our 

 guns were put immediately in requisition, and off we started. 



Akuritsh, the Caribi, armed with bow and several iron-headed ar- 

 rows, accompanied us. I came first up with the herd and found them 

 in a pool of water, where they wallowed in the mire like the common 

 hog. One stood apart apparently as watch; and scarcely had it 

 perceived me, when the bristles on its back rose erect, and turning 

 round towards me, it began chattering with its teeth, and the whole 

 herd rose: not a moment elapsed, and it lay prostrated in the mud 

 pierced by my rifle-ball. How can I describe the bustle and the rush 

 of several hundred, which at the report of the gun were seen flying in 

 the opposite direction ! An Indian who had come up by this time shot 



