PACA. 
duces but one at a time ; which quits not the 
mother till it be full-grown, or begins to form 
sexual attachment?. 
" At Cayenne," concludes M. De la Borde, 
*' there are two or three different species, 
which are said not to intermix. Some of them 
weigh from fourteen to twenty pounds, and 
others from twenty-five to thirty*' 
Pennant remarks, that " there is a variety 
quite white, found on the banks of the River 
St. Francis." This, surely, affords an addi- 
tional reason, why he should not have called k 
the Spotted Cavy !" 
The ground-colour of the animal appears to 
vary, from a dark brown, to nearly black : and 
that of the spots, from white to grey, frequently 
with a yellowish tinge. The throat, breast, 
belly, and insides of .the limbs, are usually a 
dirty white. 
