PA C A„ 
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lodging, large enough to let out it's head. It's 
tongue is narrow, thick, and somewhat rough. 
The whiskers consist of black and white hairs. 
The resistance of the animal prevented BufFon 
from counting the number of it's grinders. 
The feet have each five toes ; four of which 
are armed with claws half an inch long, of a* 
flesh-colour. This colour, however, BufFon 
remarks, is not to be considered as a constant 
character ; 66 for.,' ' says he, 4 ' in several ani- 
mals, and particularly the Hare, we often find 
the claws black, while they are whitish or 
flesh-coloured in other individuals." The 
fifth, or interior claw, is short, and only vi- 
sible when the animal raises it's foot. There 
are two teats between the hind-feet. The tail, 
which is scarcely visible, forms a small button 
©f not more than two or three lines long. 
The Paca has a strong appetite ; and, in it's 
domestic state, eats almost every thing : bread 
soaked in wine, in water, and even in vinegar; 
fruits, roots, and pot-herbs, of all kinds ; cole- 
worts, grass, moss, the barks of trees, and even 
wood half-charred. Flesh it seems least to re- 
lish. In drinking, it laps like the Dog. 
BufFon 
