PATAGONIAN CAVY. 
This animal is the Cavia Magellanica, of 
the Linn^an system ; and the Patagonian Cavy, 
of Pennant. Sir John Narborough, and other 
Voyagers, call it a Hare. It is described in 
Byron's Voyages ; but seems to have escaped 
the notice of BufFon, Goldsmith, and most 
other naturalists. 
The Patagonian Cavy, according to the de- 
scriptions of Byron, Pennant, See, is of a con- 
siderable size for this genus of animals ^ weigh- 
ing, sometimes, nearly thirty pounds. The ears 
are long, and much dilated near the bottom ; 
the upper lip is divided ; and each side of the 
nose is garnished as well with a curly tuft of 
soft hairs, as with long whiskers. The tip of 
the nose is black, and so is the rump ; the face, 
back, and fore-parts of the legs, are cinereous 
and rust-coloured ; the breast and sides are 
tawny; the belly and insides of the limbs are 
a dirty white ; and there is a white patch on 
the exterior of each thigh. The legs, whica 
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