PECARY. 
ing the descent of the alimenl: into the other 
intestines; and, consequently, that the other 
two should he regarded as appendages, or 
rather portions, of the same stomach. 
The Mexican Hog might be rendered 
domestic, as well as the common kind. It is 
nearly of the same dispositions ; feeds on the 
same nourishment ; and it's flesh, though drier, 
and less loaded with fat, is by no means dis- 
agreeable ; but, when the flesh is intended to 
be eaten, not only the organs of generation, 
as is practised on the Wild Boar, but the whole 
dorsal glands of both Male and Female, 
should be cut ofF instantiy after death; as the 
retention of them for a single half hour, gives 
the meat an odour so strong as to Vender it un- 
eatable, 
" These animals are very numerous in all ^ 
the warm climates of South_America. They 
go in herds, which sometimf=s amount to two 
or three hundred. For defending themselves, 
and repelling those who want to deprive them 
of their young, they are endowed with the 
same instincts as the Common Hog. They 
mutr.ally assist each other: they surround their 
enemies' 
