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Journal
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275 km NW Villa Hayes, lg'd., Dept. Pto.
Hayes, Paraguay
3 April
On the way back we saw several peccaris
of the kind called "Taguá". This was a gun I
shot me, which turned out to be a youngster.
Delicious. There are 2 other kinds, "curá'i"
& "Tachy cáti". The curá'i is smaller & once
skinned can be distinguished from the
Taguá by looking at the flesh side of the skin.
The hair bases are obvious on a Taguera skin,
& less so on a curá'i. The third kind,
Tachy cáti, is the only 1 without enlarged
ganimes. Also shot 4 choratos & saw many
more. Saw 2 foxes, both of the common type,
one "teti" pague.
No bass in the lagoon,
although it did have the palm log type of roof.
I think the logs were probably too rotten. Did
see a snake under my
P.M.- set 4 nets over the pond along its
entrance road. 3 were over ponds nearer
in mouth, & 1 over a pond at the edge/palm
swamp. The latter caught several L. ega,
the former L. ega, E. platina, Noctiluca sp.,
#1 Chthamalus with Tadarida, & Myotis. Saw only
1 fox. Got to car stuck in mud which
prevented returning at 3:30 AM to report.
net.
The cowboys apparently believe that