THE TAPIR OF THE ANDES. 
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This animal was about five feet six inches in 
length, and about two feet nine inches in height 
at the shoulder. The entrails having been re- 
moved to facilitate its transportation, the food 
could not be ascertained. The hunters, when 
they discovered the animal, noticed that it was 
feeding on a sort of bamboo, and pointed out 
another plant on which they particularly delighted, 
a species of Espeletia. 
