WATER-OPOSSUM. 
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native of Brazil, occurring in all the smaller streams ol that 
district. Two of Dr. Natterers specimens, that gentleman 
informed me. were caught near water not far from Bio Janeiro, 
and a third was captured in the water, alive, near Para, in a 
basket similar to those used for catching eels in this country: 
it had made its way through the funnel-shaped opening, and 
could not return; thus proving that the animals are good 
divers. They feed upon crustaceous, and no doubt upon 
other aquatic animals. 
