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ma^ie any reflftance at all, like the European wild-boar,, 

 •when wounded,, as has been by fome authors errone- 

 oufly afferted. A& for their attacking dogs, I can fay 

 nothing about it, never having had any with me when 

 I met them. — The cras-pingos are large, armed with 

 ftrong tiiflcs, and their briftles flill coarfer than the 

 former. This large fpecies indeed are very dangerous,, 

 as well from tlieir ftrength as their ferocity, attacking, 

 any thing that obflrucls them in their way, efpecially 

 when wounded. They move in the fame manner,, and 

 in as large herds, as the former, but inhabit chiefly the 

 more inland parts of the country. Both thefe fpecies,, 

 when they hear the fmalleft noife in the foreft that in- 

 dicates danger, ftop fliort in their courfe,. form in a clofe- 

 body, and gnafli their teeth, preparing themfelves for 

 defence againft the enemy : I am of opinion that thefe 

 are not natural to Guiana, but originally from Africa and 

 Europe. Their flefli is eaten with avidity by the natives,, 

 and even efteemed by the white inhabitants, but is in my 

 opinion dry, hard, and unfavoury.— That fpecies which 

 is called the peccary or Mexican-hog, is alone fuppofed 

 to be indigenous to Guiana, and will not intermix with 

 either the wild or domeftic hogs. This animal is parti- 

 cularly remarkable by having an orifice on the back, 

 which is vulgarly miftaken for its navel, and which, be-^ 

 ing about one inch deep, contains a ftinking fetid liquor,, 

 which fome compare to the fmell of mufk, but which is 

 jfo very difagfeeable, that the inftant the animal is killed,, 



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