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reincarnations of some of the great unwieldy prehistoric 

 beasts — restorations of those bones by which alone we 

 know of their existence in past ages. It was too dark to 

 photograph these giant rodents, but by the kindness of 

 Dr. Bingham we are able to show several splendid photo- 

 graphs of Capybaras, taken in their haunts. 



Fig. 108. A Herd of Eight Capybaras, Six ,\dult axd Two Young. 



Notice the Snout of a Crocodile in tlie Water on the Left. 



(Photo by Bingham.) 



The Indian hunter at Matope finds abundance of game 

 within a mile of the house; two kinds of deer, tapir, peccary, 

 and of course Curassows and Guans. Trumpeters ~'' are often 

 heard from the house but are considered too tough for food. 



We talked, chiefly by signs, with the Arowak Indian 

 hunter who had just come in with a Bush-hog or Peccary 

 {Dicotyles tajacu). As soon as the animal is killed, the gland 



