AGOUTI. 
44 their food in their paws, like the Squirrel. 
" Their ordinary food, which they often con- 
44 ceal in the earth, to be used occasionally, 
44 consists of the nuts of the Maripa, of the 
44 Tourlovri, of the Corana, &c. and, after 
44 concealing these nuts, they often touch 
" them not for six months. They multiply 
44 as fast as the Rabbits; producing three, 
44 four, and sometimes five, young one?, during 
44 every season of the year. They live not 
44 in numbers in the same hole ; but are either 
u found alone, or the mother with her young. 
44 They are easily tamed, and eat almost every 
44 thing. When in a domestic state, they re- 
44 move not to any great distance, and always 
44 return to the house spontaneously : but 
44 they constantly retain a little of their sa- 
" vage disposition. In general, they remain 
44 in their holes during the night, unless the 
44 moon shines bright; but they run about 
4i almost the whole of the day. There are 
44 some countries, as about the mouth of the 
44 River of the Amazons, where these animals 
44 are so numerous, that they are often met 
" with in scores/' 
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