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Show H I S T 0 R Y 0 F ,M ~ :X I 0 O, DISSERT. FER DE LANCE, a fp.cciea of Pllt fc pa}Jep ~Y- Buffoo, 01,1 account ~ of a membrane which it has fimilar tQ ~h~ iron of a lance, 27. . Fn AN DRo of Surinam, a quadrn.ped fip:~ilflr ~Q the Marqfa and '[fa.. cuatzin, but difterent, 30. · · . · ANT-KILLER· (e), ·a quadruped Qf t~le hot ~ountr~e~ of .Amcriq! 20. GLUTTON, called by the Canadians Carcaju, a wild beafi of north .. ern coutries, 27. JAGuAR (j), 01: American tyger, 19. ]AGUARETE (g), or rather Jaguaret~, a wild beafi of the tygcr · J<ind, 18. !sAT r s, a wild bca~ of oold countries, 27. LAMENT IN, fo the French <;all the Manati; a large animal of the fea, of lakes, and rivers, claff~d by Buffon among quadrupeds, although it can hardly be called bipes, or rather bimamu, 27. SEA-LION, fo Lord Anfon called the greater fea"ca~f, which in Chili has the name of Lame, 27. CoMMON HARE, 13. LYNX, I 9· LLAMA, not lama, as Buifon writes it, nor g/ama, as Mr. de Paw wr.ites, the Peruvian ram, 26. LoNTRA, called by the Peruvians Mt'quilo, 14. CoMMON WoLF, called by the Mexicans Cuetlachtli, 14, 19. SEA-WOLF, or fmaller fea-calf, 27. DLJ~~.CK-woLF, difterent from the common wolf, 1 9· MAPACH, a curious quadruped of Mexico1 17. MARGAI, or Tyger-cat. This name may have been taken from the Mbaracaja of the Paraguefe, 27. MARIKINA, or lion-ape, a fpecies of cercopit!Jecus, 30. MA~MosA, a fmall and curious quadruped of hot and teml'erate countries of America, 2 I. ~r) The A~t-killcr is, .c~llcd by the Spa"iarde o.fo Drmjgt~trl, or ant-bear,· althopgh it is ~s unhk.e to 1\ bear Ill~ dog IS to a cnt. Bu{fon dillipguifi.l~:3 tile fpcciea of them in Amcdcn. The T fir!l: IS cnll.ed by h11n ftmply EDMrllliUiu, tl\C (f!C9~d 'ratM~~"'Io(r1 and the thin! 'I'ama1u(1111. he Peruvians call them I-lN~IINarJ. (/) Jagua in the Guarttali 1:\nguage is the cqmmon name for t}jgera an.d dQI!'a, The Pcruvi· a(')s call, the tyger~ UJ11ruw~, and the Mexicans ()u~tl. . P (g) fh.e gcnenc name for tygera in the Guarani language is J11111111r-ttt. MAR-Il f S T 0 R Y o F M E .X I c o. MARMo't, called by the Cana<Hans ·Mua.t-, ~6. Mico, the fmallell: fpecies of the cercopit!Jeci (h), 30. MoRsE, a large amphibious anim:\1 <O'f the fea, 27. OcELOTL, or leopard-cat of Mexico, 27. 0NbATRA, (ra't mufque du CantuiaJ a quadnt.fied fimilar to the moufe, 20. BROWN-BEAR, 17- BLACK-BEAR, fpecifically differeht fi·om the brown, 17. P .AcA, a quadruped fimilar to the pig in hair and grunting, but i11 head like a rabbet. In Brazil Paca, in Pal"~uay Pag, ~ito Picuru, and Oronoko !lccuri, z I. P ~co, a quadruped of South America of the fame kind, not however of the fame fpecies, with the Llama. The J:ndian name is A/1- pacti, 26. P~cA.RI, a. quadruped which has upon its back a humorous gTand wh1ch ihnks, by many fuppofed to ho its navel. The true names of it in different countries of America, are thofe of foino, cojametl, tatabro, and pachira (1) 20. PEKAN, or American marten,, 2.7· ~~TIT-GRIS a quadruped of cold countries fimila1· to d1e fquirrel, fo called by Buffbn, 20. · . , "PI LoR I, (rat mujque · des Artfilles) a fmall q nadru ped fimilar to the moufe, and different from the Ondatra, 20. PiNCHIS, (with Buffori, Pt"nche). a fpecies 6fimaU r:ercopithrcus, 30. .Po-LATU'CA, a quadruped partly like a fquirrel, called by the .Mexi-cans .ff?.!..~imichpat/an, <>r flying-rat, 20. f:NDIAN-PIO, (in French ~ore de Inde) a fma.Il quadru-ped of South America refcmbling the pig and rabbet, without a : 16. PuMA, or America11lion, called by the Mexicans Miztli, and in Chili Pagi, :~8. · ,(h) Mico in Spanifll is the generic name of the umpithtti, but Bllbonly a_pp.liea if to 1he fmatleO: fj>ecics, · . (i) Oalotl in Mexicnn is the nnme of the tyger i bIt ButtOn appliel it to tM LroJHird cat. (/) It is not improbable tMlt the Pua,·i has been (o called by ~uff'on from patbirt~;. which is the nnrne given to this qumiruped in Ol'Onoko. Duff'on cnlla it alfo 'J"a,~qjfoll1 but 1"ajalllR1 as it JhOuld be written in the Guahuu tong uta. u cke•Clommo.o. namdor aU dtot fr:ciu o£ hogs. G.!!IR-DJSSER. T. ...._I.V.,._ _, |