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are two fpecies, which are peculiar to 

 thofe parts of America fituated between 

 the Tropics, and more efpecially abun- 

 dant in Guiana ; thefe are, the Picary 

 and Warree. The Picary is confidera- 

 bly fmaller than the ordinary European 

 Hogs, and his back is befet with long, 

 thick, ftiff, grifly briftles, near five 

 inches in length, and is remarkable for 

 a gland refembling a navel, for which 

 it has been generally miftaken, which 

 is feated on the ridge of the back, over 

 the hinder legs, and which fecretes a 

 milky liquid, emitting a mufky fmellf 

 But as a particular defcription of this 

 animal has been publilhed by Dr. 7>- 

 forty by whom one of them was dif- 

 fered, I (hall content myfelf with ob- 

 ferving, that they are far from being fo 

 terrible as has been reprefented ; for 

 though theyufually go- in droves, to 

 the amount of near an hundred, the 

 Indians always attack them, and feldom 



fail 



