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WANDERINGS IN 



First fouiid here ; and two of their diminutives, named tiger 



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eats. The tapir, the lobba, and deer, afford excellent 



food, and chiefly frequent the swamps and low ground, 

 near the sides of the river and creeks. 



In stating that four-footed animals are scarce, the 

 peccari must be excepted. Three or four hundred of 

 them herd together, and traverse the wilds in all directions 

 in quest of roots and fallen seeds. The Indians mostly 

 shoot them with poisoned arrows. When wounded, they 

 run about one hundred and fifty paces ; they then drop, 

 and make wholesome food. 



The red monkey, erroneously called the baboon, is 

 heard oftener than it is seen ; while the common brown 

 monkey, the bisa, and sacawinki rove from tree to tree, 

 and amuse the stranger as he journies on. 



A species of the polecat, and another of the fox, are 

 destructive to the Indian's poultry; while the opossum, 

 the guana, and salempenta, afford him a delicious morsel. 



The small ant-bear, and the large one, remarkable for 

 his long, broad, bushy tail, are sometimes seen on the 

 tops of the wood ants' nests ; the armadillas bore in 

 the sand hills, like rabbits in a warren ; and the porcu- 

 pine is now and then discovered in the trees over your 

 head. 



rhe sloth. This too, is the native country of the sloth. His looks, 

 his gestures, and his cries, all conspire to entreat you 

 to take pity on him. These are the only weapons of 



