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impression so much of speed as of strength and 
endurance. When I examined these Guazuti, my 
mind quite misgave me about the history of the feral 
Deer of our near-by mountains. The spotless coat 
did not influence me in this uncertainty, for Humboldt 
had described the C. Mexicanus, without restriction 
to fawn-hood, as white-spotted. ... I can ac- 
count for Sir C. Price’s preference of the Fallow- 
deer of Europe, supposing you are right in your 
conjecture. Their flesh is known to be good, whereas 
that of the American stock is coarse and not usually 
well-flavoured. Those who have tasted our Deer say 
they are delicious venison. If you can ascertain 
what description of Cerf Sir Bethel Codrington has 
in the island of Barbuda, you will probably learn 
that Sir Charles Price and he drew their colonies 
from the same herds. . . .” 
In these notes my friend seems to speak of the 
Guazu-pita, the Guazuti, and the Cervus Mexicanus, 
as if these names were synonymous; they indicate, how- 
ever, three species. The Guazu-pita is the Suhulo 
rufus of Col. H. Smith, which inhabits the deep forests 
of South America from Brazil to Honduras. The 
Guazuti is the Mazama campestris, extending through 
the whole of the Southern Continent as far as Pata- 
gonia, and chiefly affecting open plains. Of the third, 
the Mazama Mexicana of Col. Smith, and, according 
to Pennant, the Teutla Ma9ame of Hernandez, very 
little is known, and we believe no specimens exist in 
European Museums. The term Guazu, in the native 
dialects of Brazil, is applied to any of the slender 
limbed Ruminantia^ with an adjectival afiix for dis- 
crimination of species. 
