1F lHONDURAE.


Botlh the Peccary and the Warree usually
go in large bodies; and at siichI times it
is not considered at all safe Lu wound or
kill any of the party, by firing on them,
unleas a rre.reat or place of security be
imigh, for those, which remain unhurt,
commonly attack the oflfeder in the
most desperate way. The approach of
the'e"animals may be heard in tie woods
at a great distance, lby the loud and cla-
mrnrinus noise they continually make; and
like 1he domestic hog, it is asserted that
Ihey destroy and eat snakes and reptiles of
different kinds.
 The Gibonite, ( Cavia Paca) is a small
animal greatly resembling, though some-
whatl larger ttan, the guinea-pig. It is
plentifully.i'omd at Honduras, and easily
doii.esticated. The flesh of it is extolled
as a peculiar delicacy. Under the sme
head may be included the Indian Coney.
or Agnuti, 'which sometimes has been
confounded with the former. This aui-
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