At sight of the stranger they run to her, but quickly re-assured, quietly finish their morning repast.
Farther on, coatis,[2] with short ears, and long tails; companies of little Guinea pigs; armadillos, a species of hedge-hog without the quills, but covered with an armor of scales, more compact and impervious than that of the ancient knights of the Middle Ages, arrange themselves along the line of his route, as if to pass him in review.
[Footnote 1: _Agouti_.

An animal of the bigness of a rabbit, with bright red hair, and a little tail without hair.

He has but two teeth in each jaw; holds his meat in his forepaws like a squirrel, and has a very remarkable cry: when he is angry, his hair stands on end, and he strikes the earth with his hind feet; and when chased, he flies to a hollow tree, whence he is expelled by smoke .-- _Trevoux_.] [Footnote 2: The _coati_ is a native of Brazil, not unlike the racoon in the general form of the body, and, like that animal, it frequently sits up on the hinder legs, and in this position carries its food to its mouth.

If left at liberty in a state of tameness, it will pursue poultry, and destroy every living thing that it has strength to conquer.

When it sleeps it rolls itself into a lump, and remains immovable for fifteen hours together.