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and we returned next day for our hogs, and were not a little astonish- 

 ed to see no vestiges of them. They had been carried away by a 

 Jaguar. After some search we found them, however, dragged to a 

 thicket, where they were yet untouched, and of course we put an end 

 to any further question as to who should possess them. Their meat is 

 justly esteemed, and many prefer it to the lesser Peccari. The liquor 

 which flows out of the gland is equally offensive as in the latter, and is 

 peculiar to both male and female. They bear only two young ones, 

 frequently only one; but they are more difficult to tame than the 

 collared Peccari. I do not think that any attempts have been made to 

 domesticate either one or the other species. The Indians tame some- 

 times the young ones, but never with the avowed purpose of breeding, 

 although I have little doubt that their meat would vastly improve by 

 regular attention ; and after two or three generations they would be 

 familiarized. There is no instance known of their having bred with 

 the European hog and produced an intermediate race. 



The white-lipped Peccari is equally indigenous at Paraguay as in 

 Guiana. It is called Kairuni by the Arawaks, Poinge by the Ma- 

 cusis, Ipure by the Warraus. 



Mr. Cuming, some letters from whom, while at Manilla, were given 

 in the 1st vol. of Annals, pp. 57 and 147, we are most happy to state 

 has lately arrived in London; bringing with him, as we understand, 

 very extensive collections of the animals and plants found in the 

 Philippine islands. Of shells, the quantity is large ; there are said to 

 be a very great proportion of new species. He has also brought alive, 

 and presented to the Zoological Society, a fine specimen of a new 

 species of Gibbon, a species of Paradoxurus, a large Flying Squirrel 

 (Pteromys nitidus), the Argus Pheasant, a Fire-backed Pheasant, a 

 Hornbill, &c. 



Neuchatel, June 12. — Recent accounts have been received from the 

 naturalist Tschudy, who some years ago, assisted by the late King of 

 Prussia and some other gentlemen with four thousand francs, went out 

 with the Edmond to Lima, in order from thence to make excursions 

 into the Cordilleras and adjacent country. A considerable transport 

 of objects of Natural History collected for the Museum of our town 

 (Neuchatel) has already come to hand. He is still in the mountains 

 of Peru ; and having consumed the money taken out with him, lives by 

 the chase, and is awaiting fresh assistance, which is on the way for 

 him. He had much to suffer from hunger and want of shelter during 



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