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domesticated (an easy process) he is an affectionate pet. 
The howling-monkeys (. Mycetes stentor ) will be remem¬ 
bered by every traveller as the noisiest of the noctur¬ 
nal animals. Several other small monos are common 
in the forests [Simla apella , S. fatuellus, and S. capucina ), 
where they feed on wild-figs and other fruits. The pezote 
(.Nassua solitaria) is found in the forests of the eastern 
mountain-ranges. 
The manatee, or lamantin ( Manatus Americanus ), once 
found in the Golfo Dulce, is now seldom, if ever, seen on 
the coast of Guatemala, although still found in British 
Honduras, where the hide is used for whips, canes, etc. 
I have seen the tracks of the danta ( Tapir us Americanus) 
in the Chocon forests, but never the animal, as its habits 
are more nocturnal than mine. Conies ( Lepus Douglassi ), 
taltusas ( Geomys heterodus ), mapachines ( Procyon cancri- 
vorus ), and armadillos ( Dasypus sp .) are common articles 
of food among the Indios. Red-deer ( Cervus dama ) are 
found in the interior. Peccaries (, Jabali , Dicotyles taja$u) 
feed in droves in the bottom-lands, and are perhaps the 
most dangerous of the wild animals of Guatemala; their 
sharp tusks will cut terribly, and the little beast is too 
stupid to be frightened away when thoroughly angered. 
It is said that even the jaguar fears to attack a drove, but 
skulks behind, hoping to pick up a straggler. They can, 
however, be tamed, and I have seen them with domestic 
pigs about the streets of San Felipe, Pansos, and other 
places. The white-lipped peccary, jaguilla, or warree 
(. Dicotyles torquatus ), makes its presence known at a con¬ 
siderable distance by the peculiar odor emitted from a 
small pouch on its back. The hunter, when killing, takes 
care to cut this sack out at once, or it would quickly taint 
