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33, figs. 1, 2, 4-6, 9). The tail is, however, often omitted 

 as well as the erect line of bristles down the back. The pres- 

 ence of hoofs and the possession of a truncated pig-like snout 

 are sufficiently characteristic. In the Dresden Codex occur 

 several figures of undoubted peccaries. Two of these are 

 pictured in PL 32, figs. 2, 4. In each the hoofs and curly- 

 tail appear, and in the latter figure the bristling back is con- 

 ventionally drawn by a series of serrations. These marks 

 are sufficient to identify the animals. Their heads are further 

 conventionalized, however, by a great exaggeration of the 

 snout beyond that slightly indicated in PL 32, fig. 1, and PL 

 33, figs. 6, 9. Other representations of the peccary, are shown 

 in PL 32, fig. 5, a man with a peccary's head, and fig. 7 in 

 which the animal 's hoofs are replaced by human hands and 

 feet. In both cases the form of the head remains charac- 

 teristic. A curious combination is shown in PL 32, fig. 3, 

 an animal whose head and fore feet are those of a peccary, while 

 the hind feet have five toes, and there is a long tail. The 

 addition of what look like scales is found in a figure from 

 the Dresden (PL 32, fig. 6). 



The peccary is found in several different connections in 

 the manuscripts. As deer are found associated with the hunt, 

 so, but to a much more limited extent, the peccary. It is 

 represented pictured as being captured in snares of the familiar 

 ''jerk-up" type. Similar drawings show this animal caught 

 by the foreleg and held partially suspended, Tro-Cortesianus 

 49a (PL 33, fig. 9),* 49c (PL 33, fig. 1), and 93a (PL 33, fig. 4). 

 Tro-Cortesianus 41b also shows the peccary associated with 

 hunting scenes. Another realistic drawing of this animal 

 in Dresden 62 (PL 33, fig. 6)t represents him as seated on 

 the open jaws of a serpent connected with a long number 

 series. We are unable to explain the signification of the 

 appearance of the animal in this connection. The peccary 



♦This animal has been identified by Stempell as an agouti notwithstand- 

 ing the hoofs and tusks. 



fForstemann (1906,. p. 228) suggests that this animal is a bear. 



