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APPENDIX-ZOOLOGY. 



The Cao Silvestre, or Cachorro do Matto, (Wild Dog,) is small and strong, of a dark or ash 

 colour, with a keen scent. It is a constant persecutor of the deer, and is said to be met with only in 

 the southern parts of the river Contas, 



The Capibara has the figure and size of a hog, short ears, the snout and teeth of a hare, thin and 

 coarse hair, and large membranes between the hoofs. It always keeps near the water, is a great 

 swimmer, and is mischievous : few people eat its flesh. 



There are three sorts of Mountain Cats. The gray ones are denominated tnariscos, the red and 

 spotted ones maracaias. The latter are very large, and not always harmless. 



The Caxingle is much larger than a squirrel, with little hair upon the tail, and of a gray colour; 

 it seldom puts its feet upon the ground, but leaps from one branch to another, and thus traverses 

 immense woods ; is harmless, and lives upon fruits. 



The CoELHO, or Rabbit, differs only from that of Europe in having a shorter tail, and is not 

 very numerous. 



The CoTiA is two spans in length, with long legs, small ears, the snout of a rabbit, hair strong 

 and of a red colour, with scarcely any appearance of a tail. After being domesticated it proceeds 

 into the fields, and returns again. Its flesh is dry and hard. 



The CuiCA is a species of amphibious rat, speckled with white and black, having a tail without hair. 

 It eats fish and such birds as it can catch. 



The CuiM is about the size of a leveret, has short feet, a long tail, and the snout of a squirrel. 

 It is entirely covered with hair, and with prickles like pins, which defend it from other animals. It 

 runs little, and lives on the ground. 



The GUARA has the figure of a wolf, and differs from it triflingly in the marks of its skin. It is 

 only met with in the central provinces of Brazil, where it is not numerously seen nor so destructive 

 as its species in Europe. It is, however, a great enemy to young calves : in some parts it is called a 

 wolf; its skin and teeth are much esteemed. 



The GuARACAO is a species of large and wild dog, which does not confound or mix itself with any 

 other of its kind. 



The GUARAXAIM is also a species of dog, about the size of a cat, and lives in subterraneous 

 caverns, or burrows, which it forms expressly for its habitation. Every thing that it meets with in 

 the campo, (field,) although not eatable, such as a hat or a handkerchief, it will drag to the door 

 of its dwelling. 



The GUAXINIM is a species of fox, with a short and thick snout, feet rather long and open, and 

 the breast large or full. It abounds most in the vicinity of the sea, and descends to the beach to 

 procure crab-fish. 



The HiRARA, in some provinces called Papamel, has the appearance of a monkey seen at a dis- 

 tance. It is three spans in length, sharp snouted, with short legs, and along tail ; ofa dark colour, 

 with an ash coloured head ; but it does not retain these colours in all the provinces. 



The Iaguane is a species of small dog, marked with straight lines. 



The Jaraticaca, or Cangamba, as it is called in some provinces, and which some consider of a 

 species of pole-cat, resembles the squash of North America, and is remarkable, not only for its 

 beautiful figure, its white and black spots, and shaggy tail, but for its singular and invincible power of 

 defence, which it uses with facility against every enemy. This animal, on being assaulted, and some- 

 times before, emits a portion of urine so extraordinarily loathsome that the aggressor thinks only 

 of the mode of deliverance from it. The dogs rub their noses in the earth, and men are earnestly 



