SEA OTT£ll. 
Other toes, whicli are all armed with sharp 
brown claws. The tail is as long as the 
hind legs. The hair is pretty short, and 
very soft. It is black on the body, and brown 
on the head, with a wdiite spot under the chin. 
It's cry is nearly like th?.t of a young Dog : 
and it is sometimes intermixed by another cry, 
similar to that of the Sagoin, or Fox-Tailed 
Monkey. It feeds on Crabs and other fish ; 
but it may likewise be nourished with the 
flour of Manioc, diluted in water. It's 
skin makes a good fur ; and, though it lives 
chiefly on fish, it's flesh is very good, whole- 
some, and has no bad flavour." 
This, with the following note from Git- 
milla's Hist, del Orenocjue, and the succeeding 
remark, is all that Bufl?bn has mentioned in 
his description of the Saricovicnnc or Sea 
Otter. " * On the rivers which fall into the 
Oronoko,' says Gumilla, ' there are a great 
many Water Dogs, which the Indians call 
Guachi. This animal swims swifdv; and feeds 
on fisiies. It is amphibious ; but goes, like- 
wise, nj quest of food, on the land. It digs 
ditches on the banks, wdiere the female brings 
forth 
