. Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea. ? ////? . /<yo////.^ o/- J//^///^///. y//f^ y/^/r/f^ o7- (jy/^r^/YiY/ (/?//*///. ;„h;,.i;,hlM,„l Hf,rf^,;^;, ,., S!l:,lll> hinl. EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 157 of the rangers with his sabre. This proved to be the c 11 a or Spotted Cavey, called in Surinam th
. Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea. ? ////? . /<yo////.^ o/- J//^///^///. y//f^ y/^/r/f^ o7- (jy/^r^/YiY/ (/?//*///. ;„h;,.i;,hlM,„l Hf,rf^,;^;, ,., S!l:,lll> hinl. EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 157 of the rangers with his sabre. This proved to be the c 11 a or Spotted Cavey, called in Surinam the Aquatic ^J^^^\l^Hare. This animal is the size of a sucking pig, and ex-tremely fat. The under jaw is short, the noftrils large,the eyes black, and the ears small and naked. It hasfive toes on each foot, a tail like the first joint of a mans^thumb, and whiskers like a cat; the colour is an earthenbrown, with longitudinal rows of buff-coloured spots; thebelly is a dirty white, the hair all over coarse and Paca is an amphibious animal. On land it digs upthe earth like a hog in quest of food, and when in dangerflies to the water for its safety; notwithstanding thisanimal is so very plump and heavy, it runs swifter thanmost other animals of its size in South America, con-trary to the account given of it in the supplement tc
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