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for this reason it is not possible to devote siich an enclosure to it alone, 

 it may be located with other animals of similar habits. In this garden 

 a capybara lived happily for a long time with a Malayan tapir, but 

 before such animals are introduced to each other their temper should be 

 thoroughly known, and their dispositions towards each other ascertained. 

 The same animal has now been living contentedly in another house, to 

 which a large grassy lawn is attached, and here it forages with the 

 kangaroos and wallabies ; but to have no water for swimming and 

 wallowing is a great deprivation to the beast, especially during the hot 

 weather. 



Food. — Grain, roots, bark, and grass. 



Transport. — An iron cage should be provided. 



The specimen that has been living in the garden has always 

 maintained excellent health, so that nothing is known about its ailments. 



Observations on the habits of a Capybaka. 



Although it swims and dives with great ease, and delights in water, 

 it is more terrestrial than aquatic in habits, spending more time on land 

 than in water. A capybara readily becomes reconciled to captivity, and 

 behaves as if it were the most natural thing for it to live in confinement 

 in the plains of Bengal. While living with a Malayan tapir, the 

 animal here alluded to often indulged in frolicsome games with the 

 former, and amused itself by riding on its back while both were 

 in the water. 



(160) THE INDIAN HARE. 



(LEPUS EUFICAUDATUS— Geoffr.) 



Hindi — Khargosh. Bengali — Kharra. 

 Hah. — Northern India, from the Punjab to Bengal, extending from 

 the lower ranges of the Himalayas to the Tapti and Grodaveri rivers. 



(161) THE COMMON EABBIT. 



(LEPUS CUNICULUS— Linn.) 



Hah. — Southern and Western Europe and North Africa. Only the 

 domestic variety has been exhibited. 



(162) THE HISPID HAEE. 

 (CAPEOLAGUS HISPIDUS— Blyth.) 



General colour iron grey, with a brownish ruddy tinge; limbs 

 shaded externally with black ; the ears very short and broad. 



Rab. — The Terai at the base of the Himalayas from Nepal to 

 Assam, extending southwards to Dacca. 



A specimen lived for about three months only. 



