AGOUTI. 
suffocated,' utters mournful cries; but never 
issues forth, unless pushed to the last extremi- 
ty. It's cry, which it often repeats when dis- 
turbed or irritated, resembles that of a small 
Hog. If taken young, it is easily tamed; and 
goes out, and returns, of it's own accord. 
These animals commonly reside in the woods 
and hedges ; where the Females chuse a place 
well covered and bushy, and there prepare a bed 
of leaves and hay for her young. They annu- 
ally produce two or three ; but, generally, two. 
Like the Wild Cats, they transport their young, 
two or three days after the birth, into the hol- 
lows of trees, where they suckle them for a 
short time. The young are soon in a condi- 
tion to follow their mother, and to search for 
food. Thus their time of growth is short; 
and, consequently, the duration of their lives 
cannot be long. 
" The Agouti appears to be an animal pe- 
culiar to the southern parts of America, as 
none of them are ever found in the Old World. 
They are common in Brasil, in Guiana, in St. 
Domingo, and in all the islands. They seem 
to require a warm climate, in order to subsist 
and 
