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plain where the Armadilloes live. The natives say they come 
at night to feed on remnants of slaughtered cattle, but their 
natural food is said to be grubs which they dig up with their 
powerful claws. I had no opportunity of testing my captive 
with a snake, but I can imagine that snakes are often killed and 
eaten, as Hudson describes in his ‘ Naturalist on the Amazon.’ 
My attention was drawn to the probability of this as one day I 
drew a piece of rope across him, when he turned and seized it 
with a sudden quickness I should not have thought possible. 
In the Argentine the Armadillo is considered a great delicacy, 
and is said to resemble delicate pork in flavour; about ten 
shillings is the usual price. 
Fancy baskets are made of the carapace in Buenos Aires. I 
have seen these baskets in England where they are often sup- 
posed to be the shells of crabs! 
