Paca  (P.  101,  M.  224).  This  animal
is  as  large  as  a  middle-sized  dog.  The
flesh  tastes  like  veal.
Jacare  (P.  282,  M.  242).  A  small
species  of  Cayman,  The  Brazilians  are
particularly  fond  of  eating  them.
Teiuguacu,  or  Teju  (P.  283,  M.  273).
A  grey  lizard,  four  or  five  feet  long.  Levy,
who  has  eaten  them,  says,  that  when  pro-
perly dressed,  they  are  as  tender,  as  white,
and  have  as  good  a  taste  as  the  wing  of  a
capon.
It  is  necessary  to  observe  that  the  Bra-
zilians not  only  eat  lizards,  and  some  kind
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of  serpents,  but  also  large  toads^  broiled  in
tbe  Buccaneer  fashion,  with  the  heads  and
entrails.
Domestic  Fowls  used  as  Food.
Turkei/s.  The  Brazilians  bred  them  for-
merly more  for  their  feathers,  particularly
the  white  ones,  than  for  thepurposeof  eat-
ing them.  They  reproached  the  Europeans
with  gluttony  for  eating  their  eggs.
DucJis,  -of  which  there  are  various  spe-
cies; but  the  Brazilians  never  eat*  them,
from  an  idea  that  the  slow  manner  of  walk-
ing of  these  birds,  might  make  those  who
fed  upon  them  heavy,  and  unable  to  run
with  a  proper  degree  of  activity.  For  the
same  reason  they  refrained  from  eating  all
animals  which  moved  slowly ;  and  even
some  sorts  of  fish,  particularly  the  skate,
which  does  not  swim  so  fast  as  others.
Nota.  European  fowls,  transported  to
the  Brazils,  live  very  well  in  that  climate,
though  growing  larger  than  in  their  own
country,  their  taste  gets  less  delicate;  on
the  contrary,  geese  and  ducks  become  still
finer.
Wild  Foivl  used  as  Food.
Jaciipemd  (P.  81,  M.  198).  A  species
of  pheasant,  of  which  there  are  three  kinds.
