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of waiting for it, and it then descends the tree, finishes the 

 Peccary, and then follows the herd in search of another. In- 

 stances have been however known where the jaguar has not 

 had time to escape, and has been cut to pieces by the lancet- 

 like tusks of the Peccaries. 



Two species are known in Guiana, one the Collared Peccary, 

 having a white band over the neck, and the other the White- 

 lipped Peccary, which has a white streak upon the jaws. Both 



species have on the back a fetid open gland, which must be- 

 cut out as soon as the animal is killed, as if it were allowed 

 to remain, the flesh would be uneatable. The White-lipped 

 Peccary is larger than its relative, fiercer, and more dreaded. 

 The natives use the white tusks for necklaces and other 

 ornaments. 



Pee-ay-man. — The word is spelt variously by different 

 travellers, some using the word Piaiman. The pronunciation 

 however is the same in both cases. 



The Pee-ay-man, or sorcerer, is a very great man indeed, 

 like the medicine man of North America or the prophet of 

 South Africa, and has to endure a curiously similar ordeal of 

 bodily torture and exhaustion before he can be admitted to 

 the coveted rank. The mode in which he exercises his art is 

 narrated by Mr. C. B. Brown. He had procured a guide who 



