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pouch, is larger, and of a dark brown colour, 

 with the lower jaw and the abdominal zone 

 white. The chacharo, reared in the houses, 

 becomes tame like our sheep and goats. It 

 reminds us by the gentleness of it's manners of 

 the curious analogies which anatomists have 

 observed, between the pecaris and the ruminat- 

 ing animals. The apida, which is domesticated 

 like our swine in Europe, wanders in large herds 

 composed of several hundreds. These herds 

 are announced from far, not only by their hollow 

 and Hoarse gruntings, but above all by the im- 

 petuosity with which they break down the 

 shrubs in their way. Mr. Bonpland, in an herb- 

 orising excursion, warned by his Indian guide to 

 hide himself behind the trunk of a tree, saw a 

 number of these pecaris (cochinos or puercos del 

 monte) pass close by him. The herd marched 

 in a close body, the males before, and each sow 

 accompanied by her young. The flesh of the 

 chacharo is flabby, and little agreeable ; it af- 

 fords however a plentiful nourishment to the 

 natives, who kill these animals with small lances 

 tied to cords. We were assured at Atures, that 

 the tiger dreads being surrounded in the forests 

 by these herds of wild pigs ; and that, to avoid 

 being stifled, he tries to save himself on a tree. 

 Is this a hunter's tale, or a fact duly observed ? 

 We shall soon see, that in several parts of Ame- 

 rica the hunters believe in the existence of a 



