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lelves from the attacks bf the Tiger, 

 and other Voracious animals, whom the 

 great delicacy of their flefli has ren- 

 dered their enemies. They are covered 

 with a fhort foft hair, of a reddiih fal- 

 low colour. They are light, nimble, 

 and extremely timid, and their flefh is 

 the moft tender and delicate of all the 

 Deer kind. They are frequently feen 

 fwimming acrofs the rivers* when they 

 are eafily taken alive, as their flender 

 legs are hut ill adapted to the purpofe 

 of fwimming. Labat fays they are 

 hunted by Negroes ; but in this part of 

 Guiana hunting is never undertaken ei- 

 ther by Whites or Negroes, but is left 

 folely to the Indians, as their native 

 employment, in which they excel all 

 others. 



Befides the Hogs, which have been 

 tranfplanted from Europe, and which 

 are become wild in many places, there 



are 



