OP HONDURAS.


 neeks. It is described as being about the
size of a. ansll cow, and is gregatriot. It
swima, dives, and, in consideftd to posted
the property of walking beneath the
water. It may frequently be traced on
the sands by the large, tIl, and tierly
round impression of its feet. As thisaii-
m9E cautiously avoided the diiy, it is but
rarely met with. Sometimes, however,
as the t.rveller purrues his coture Up thi
-distant river-, and when but little e o is
made, it is surprised on the banks and-
shot. The meat of the Tapir, contrary
to what has been pronounced of it, 4 ih
this country considered exceedingly tiMe
nid rank.
 The Monkey tribe is numetius, and the
 species various: though confined, it 'i
 believed, exclusively to the classes which
 aturalists bave denominated Sapajona,
 nd Sarains. The animals ofthe former
'kind are peculiarly distinguishable from
all others by the use they make of their