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common swine of European race, several species of peccaries, 
or pigs with lumbar glands, two of which only are known 
to the naturalists of Europe. The Indians call the little 
peccary (Dicotiles torquatus, Cuv.), in the Maypure tongue, 
chacharo ; while they give the name of a-pula to a species of 
Pig which they say has no pouch, is larger, and of a dark 
brown colour, with the belly and lower jaw white. The 
chacharo, reared in the houses, becomes tame like our sheep 
arid goats. It reminds us, by the gentleness of its manners, 
of the curious analogies which anatomists have observed 
between the peccaries and the ruminating animals. The 
opida, which is domesticated like our swine in Europe, 
Zanders in large herds composed of several hundreds. The 
presence of these herds is announced from afar, not only by 
their hoarse gruntings, but above all by the impetuosity 
Tvith which they break down the shrubs in their way. M. 
Sonpland, in an herborizing excursion, warned by his 
Indian guide to hide himself behind the trunk of a tree, 
8 aw a number of these peccaries (cochinos or puercos del 
Norite) pass close by him. The herd marched in a close 
body, the males proceeding first ; and each sow was accom- 
panied by her young. The flesh of the chacharo is flabby, 
and not very agreeable; it affords, however, a. plentiful 
Nourishment * to the natives, who kill these animals with 
small lances tied to cords. We were assured at Atures, 
’•bat the tiger dreads being surrounded in the forests by 
^ese herds & of wild pigs; and that, to avoid being stilled, 
be tries to save himself by climbing up a tree. Is this a 
hunter’s tale, or a fact that has really been observed ? In 
s everal parts of America the hunters believe iu the existence 
°f a javali, or native boar with tusks curved outwardly. I 
Never saw one, but this animal is mentioned in the works 
the Spanish missionaries, a source too much neglected 
by zoologists ; for amidst much incorrectness and extrava- 
gance, they contain many curious local observations. 
Among the monkeys which we saw at the mission of the 
dtures, we found one new' species, of the tribe of sain and 
'“/oms, which the Creoles vulgarly call machis. It is the 
,JJ uvapavi with grey hair and a bluish face. It has the 
Nrbits of the eyes and the forehead as white as snow, a 
P e culia r ity which at first sight distinguishes it from the 
