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Show DISSERT. IV. • w H· I S T 0 R Y 0 F M E· X I C 0. ly,' and have.prcferved without alteration their torpulen'cc, their figure, and the perfeCtion of th~ir originals ; which: is ' confirmed partly by the confeffion of thefe philofophers themfclvcs, partly by the dcpofitions of Europea-a: anthors who are impartial, judicious, and well experienced in thofe countrits; apd partly by the notbriety alfo of what we ·have alledged, and which we truft cannot be confuted. We' do 1not doubt that candid readers will be (ent'ible from what we have fet forth of the miO:ak<;s and contt~aditl:ions of thcfe philofophers occafioned by their ridiculous attempt to difc-redit the new world, the· fallacy of their obfervations, t~-e infufficiency of their argu!ncnts, and. the railinefs of thei'r cenfure. ' CATAlOGUE OF AMERICAN Q.UADRUPEDS •. S E C T. I. • ) • 'J • I I Species 'acknowledged and admitted by the Cormt de Buflon;. (The Number added to each Species refers to the Volume in whicli· 1, , • the a~ thor fpeaks .qf it.~ • I . AcouT r, a fmall quadruped of Paraguay and· B'razil, fiinilar to the rabbet. The true name in the Paraguefe tongue is .dcuti, I 7; Ax, a fpecies of iloth furni!hed with a,tail, 26. , AKoUCHI, a fmall quadruped of Guiana, 39· AL CE, vulgarly called Great-beafi (!Z)", by the French Elan, by the: Canadians Orignac, 24. Atco, amongO: the Peruvians A/leo, among the Mexicans 'I'echichi,· a mute eatable quadruped fimilar to a little dog. APAR, fpeci'cs of Tatu or Armadillo, furni01ed with three moveable bands, 21. · APE REA, a quadruped refembling the rabbet, but without· a tail, .30. DurFLER, or hunch-backed bull, called in Mexico· Cibolo, a· )arg~ quadruped of North America, 23. (n) Tu America they cnll the T•tpir or Danm tbc Gmll·btaiJ._ II I S T 0 R Y 0 F' M . E X I C 0~ CABAssou, a fpecies efTatu. ¢Overed with two plates or Lhelk, and twelve moveable bands-, 21'. CABC Jti,. or oapibara' (b) ·, an amphibious quadruped fimilar to the hog, 25. C~\:CHICAM'O', a fpecies efTatu,. cover.ed. with. two plates, and nine ' moveable bands,. 2·r. CHAMOIS, 24-· CHEVRUE.IL,' 29 .. BEAVER, I'7·· ST .A:G, I Jl. CHINCIIE, a fpecies of American polecat(c), 27. Co AIT A, a fpccies of Cercopithecus, or ape furni!hed with a taii, 30 Co.A:so, a· fpecies of polecat. CoAT I, or _rather Cuati, a fmall and curiou~ quadruped. of.·the.fonthern countries of America, r7. CoENDU', or rather Cuandu, the-porcupine of Guiana or Paraguay,. called in Oronoko Arura, 2 5. CoJOPOLLIN, Jnot Cay~pollin, as count de Buffon writes it) a fi11all. quadi-uped of Mexico,, z·Ii. CoNEPAT A, in Mexican conepatl, the fmalJeO: fpecies ofpolecat, 27. CoQ.YALLINO, (thcfe count.de Buffon calls the ·Cozocotecui/lin ofMexi-co) a quaJruped fimilar to· the·1quirrel,. but different, 26 •. €:oucuAR, or Cuguar, a fpottedwild beaft of the tyger kind~ 19 ... FALLOW-DEER, I Z', 29· ENCOBER T ADo,, Tatu covered' with two plates· or £hells and fi·x. bands, 2 x·. ExQ.YIMA, a fpecies of cercopithecus, 30·. FALANGER, the n.ame given to a fmall quadruped~ fiiUilar to the. moufe,. 26· •. m. The Cabiai of Buffon is called CapJhnra or Cap(gunra .by the Tucuman~fe ~tation, C~piiba or Capibnra by tlie }Jaraguefc', Cnppivn b'y the Tnmanachefc, by the Chtq mtani OIJIJIS, • and by other nations Chiaco, Ci,~ uiri, J,·abu'bi. . . . , (c) Ch1'nchc is the Spanifh' for bag; from whence 1t feema the name of thiS mfelt was gtven, likewife to the polecat, on account of the intolerable fmell it emits behin.d; but we do n~t dbub't that count de Buffon has rHther nltered the name Chir~ghr, by whtch the pol~cat IS ' known in Chili; fot· we do r;ot find the name Chincht.ufcd to lignify that qu:1dnzped lll -anx country of America• . ' , ' 3J7 DISSERT •. IV. ~ |