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Show ; .. 322 .DISSERT. VJ. ~ H I S T 0 R Y 0 F' M E X I C 0. From this catalogue we fee that the count de Buffon, who could not find more than feventy fpecies of quadrupeds in all America, . in the progrefs of his Natural Hifiory acknowledges and diilinguiG1cs at leaft ninety-four; we fay at lea.fl, as befides thofe above mentioned Wt; ought to mention the common hog, the ermine, and others, which, denied by Buffo~1 to America in fome places oi his hiil:ory, ;1re gra11tcd to it in others. g E C T. n. Species which Count de Btiffon bas corifoundcd wit:b otberJ. that tll'e· dlfferm!. · The Guanaco with the Llama or Giiama (t). ') The·Vicugna with the Paco. . The Citli with the Tapete or Tapiiti (u). The Huiztlacuatzz'n, or Mexican porcupine, with the Cua11du· ou porcupine ofGuiana (x). The Tlacocelotl with the Oce(otl (y}. The Tepeitzcuz'nt/1~ or mountain dog_ of Mexico with the Glutton ( z). The Xo!oitzcuintli, or bald dog with the Wolf~ ( t) 'Be fides other charaaen of dillinction between the Llama; the Gua~~co, the V lcngna; ~~d Paco, the~ h av~ never been known to copulate though put together in one }?lace. 1f this •rcumfrance IS fuilident to allow us to inter a differeAce of fpeci es between the dog and the wolf, quadrupe~s very fimilar in extemal' figure and· internal organization, wflat ought we to conclude rcfJ>echng four quadrupeds which arc more dificrent from each other than the dog is fi'Om the wolff · . · (u) To render ou rfelv~s c.~rtain o.f the difference between the Cit/i and the 7'npttt it is fuffi· c1cnt to compare the defcn~t1~n s wh1ch Hernander. and Bufton give of each. (.r) S~e whar ~c h.we fmd m the firft book of our Hifiory concerning the diffcrcnc;> between• the Mc1ocnn onrtch 'tnd that of Guiana. ( y) The ~ount de Buffon is dclirous of perfunding us that the 'Tiacocelotl ancl'O:·rlotl are but: one f.'lme am mal; the !all: the male, the other cr1 l the femal e . r!1•1t ...,, 1 tl · 1 f: · h 1 · ' ' v.-c o ts t 1e arne name wit 211u·o a n· t exdc ept111g th.e . fyncot>e . We mig•ht as 1vel .~. f:1·•y th at c.a nu· ·IS not d:m.a·c rcnt 1·r om• . Sn1't1l1 cmT w , ·a n dth 'YaZt CfJgr·u IS the fame as Stmitv .. ris becaufe tl1c.Mcxica 0 ' 1 · 1 r 1 • 1 1 "" ' n <'t10t ts t 1e .a met 11ng ~V I 1 J.fi~·u a~l a£"oa ot .means nothing but Svmityg.ris. T he. count de Buft'on is not blamc:lhlc ur not k•n ow11 •n g the Mex1•c an• lan<"r uage '· but neithe•r 011gJ1t he to,o e exct11re d r d 'd' tOr cc1 tng on n;ar;,ers 111 1~11d1 ch .he was tgn?rant. Hernandez, who f.tw and examined as· a nolturaliil both· t 10 c two WI anunah, certamly deferves the greater credit. (:~:) See what we haY"e fi1id refpetting thcfe three bfi qtt:tdrupeda in our fourth Di!fertation. The H I S T 0 R Y 0 F M E ~ I C o. The Itzcuintepozotli, or hunch-backed dog, with the 4!co or T~chichi. We ought therefore to add thefe eight fpecies, which he has confufed with others, to the ninety-four above mentioned, which will make one hundred and two. s E c T. HI. Species unknown, or unjz!flly dmied by the tbe Count de BttJ'on tiJ A1!1 eric a. AcHUN I, cercopz'tl,ecus of ~ito, furniG1ed with a long fnout and very !harp teeth, and covered with hair like briftlc::s. Manufcript in our pofiefiion. Anui T.zoTL, finall amphibious quadruped of Mexico, defcribed by us in our fir.fl: book. AMIZTLI, tlS (a). an amphibious quadruped of Mexico, defcr.ibed by CACOMIZTLE, a quadruped of Mexico, fimilar to the pole-cat in its mode of living, but different in fhape, defcribed in our fir.fl: book. Doo· of Cibola, or dog of burden, a quadruped of the country ofCibola, fimilar in form to a maftiff, which the In~ians employ to carry bur .. dens. Several hifiorians of Mexico mention this .fl:rong animal. CuI CH 1 co, cercopt'thecus of ~ito, fo fmall that it can be held in the hand. It is found of qi.fferent colours. MS. CHILLIHUEQ.!JE, a large. quadruped of Chili, fimilar to the Guanaco , · but different. Hifiory of Chili, by Molina • CnrNCH IL LA, fpedes of woolly field-rat, mentioned by many hif.. . torians of South America. · CHIN CHIMEN, or fea-cat, an amphibious quadruped of the fea of Chili. Nat. Ilift. of Chili. CrN·ocEPHALUS Cercopitbecus, a quadruped of Mexico, ·of which Herna.n dez, Briffon, and others mak.e mention. Co JOTE, (in Mexico Cojotl) a wild bea~ defcribed in this hiftory. (a) In a note of the firll: booK of Oil I' Hi £tory we f.1id tl1at the .A111iz tli nppeared to us the fiul!e C')Uadruped wirh th :lt called by Buftim St~rkovie'l'lr ; but l)n farther reHc¢\ion a"" confideration We have fottlld ,tllOfl.! tWO qll adr\1!\Cds f,~>eciJic:lily difl'eren-t, · 1 T t 7, CQM- - 323 DISSERT. IV. ~ |