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of any kind of food. He lapped like a dog'. 
Mr. BufFon thinks he might be naturalized ih 
France ; and imagines,, the introducing him would 
be a valuable acquisition, as a single individual of 
this species would furnish as much good meat as 
seven or eight rabbits. 
M. de la Borde says, that there are two or three 
species of the cavy, at Cayenne, which are said not 
to intermix. Some of them weigh from fourteen 
to twenty pounds, and others from twenty-five to 
thirty. 
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Of the present tribe, there are but two species 
that have been hitherto discovered, the common 
and the Chili beavers ; and even of these, it seems 
doubtful whether the latter ought not to be arranged 
with the otters. 
The heavers have the front teeth in their upper 
jaw truncated, and excavated with a transverse 
angle ; and those of the louver jaw are transverse 
at the tips. There are four grinders on each side. 
The tail is long, depressed, and scaly ; and there 
are collar bones in the skeleton. 
Common beaver. 
The beaver is a native of most of the northern 
parts of Europe and Asia, but is principally found 
in North America. There is some reason to suppose 
that it was once an inhabitant of Great Britain ; 
for Giraldus Cambrensis says that these animals 
