SETTLEMENTS ON THE DEMERARY, &LC. 2'i7 



its eyes sharp and piercing, its ears conical, its neck long 

 and arched, and it has a short tail. It is very timid and swift 

 of foot, which protects it from the tigers, and other voracious 

 animals. The flesh of the wirrebocerra is considered to be the 

 finest of the deer kind. 



The goat is much smaller than that of Europe ; its horns 

 are short, slender, and curved downward. In other particu- 

 lars it is similar to the European goat. It has from three to 

 five kids at a litter. 



There are two kinds of hogs, peculiar to tropical America, 

 and very numerous in all parts of Guyana, the picaree and 

 the warree. The warree hog is about the size of a European 

 hog, and much like it in shape. Its tusks are larger, its ears 

 smaller, and its bristles longer and coarser. These animals 

 run in large droves, and their flesh is more delicate than Eng- 

 lish pork. 



The picaree is considerably smaller than the warre^e. It is 

 covered by yellowish bristles, which are longer and more nu- 

 merous on the back, and has a light mark coming down on 

 €ach shoulder. It has short tusks and no tail. On the back 

 over the hinder legs is a gland, having a cavity about an inch 

 deep, into which pours a white fluid of a very fetid odour. 



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