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A mouthpiece of wood was placed at the smaller end of the tube, and a sight was glued on the outside. This "sight" was the tooth of an animal, one of the long curving incisors of a rodent animal called the "paca," which is found in most parts of tropical America.
At daylight Arthur and I leaped from our hammocks, and roused up young Duppo. We tried to explain to him that one of our number had gone away, and that we wanted to go in search of him. "Stay!" exclaimed Domingos; "you must not go without breakfast. I have been boiling the cocoa, and I will soon roast some paca." While we were breakfasting, Ellen and Maria came out of their hut.
A mouthpiece of wood was placed at the smaller end of the table, and a sight was glued on the outside. This "sight" was the tooth of an animal, one of the long curving incisors of a rodent animal called the "paca," which is found in most parts of tropical America.
The paca and agouti belong to the peculiar family of the rodent order confined to South America, and which connects the Rodentia to the Pachydermata the order to which the elephant, horse, and hog belong. The fossil toxodon resembled the Rodentia in its dentition, and, at the same time, was nearly related to the elephant.
One morning, just as we were embarking, John shot a fine paca, which we took on board, and agreed we would roast during our noon-day meal, when our Indians generally lay down to sleep. At the hour we intended, we found a bank, which afforded us a tempting resting-place.
He insisted that, having got thus far, it was better to continue our course towards the southern bank, and wait there for a favourable wind for getting back. I was thankful when at length we reached a sandy beach, where we could land without difficulty and secure our raft. Domingos fortunately shot a paca, so we had plenty of food; and Maria and I assisted him in putting up a hut.
On this, having spread several mats brought from the canoe, we placed Arthur. "Oh, how kind you are," he whispered. I was rejoiced to hear him speak. "I know all about it," he added; "I saw the puma, but had not time to cry out." The Indians had consumed the remainder of the paca; and as there was still an hour or more of daylight, they proposed going out to catch some fish.
A Cutia next appeared: this is also a rodent, about one-third the size of the Paca; it swims, but does not dive, and I was fortunate enough to shoot it. We obtained in this way two more Pacas and another Cutia. All the time the dogs were yelping in the forest. Shortly afterwards Raimundo made his appearance, and told us to paddle to the other side of the island.
This offer was accepted and, on July 10, 1791, four Sulpician priests arrived in Baltimore. They soon bought a house known as "One Mile Tavern" with four acres of land and there they opened St. Mary's Seminary, on the first Sunday in October, 1791. The Seminary still occupies the same site, at the corner of Paca and St. Mary's Streets.
"Now, Harry," he said, "as we do not know when we shall be able to dress another paca, we had better make a good dinner off the portion which has escaped burning during the time you were unable to turn the spit." Having finished our meal, and secured a portion for Arthur in the hope he might recover sufficiently to eat it we handed the rest to our crew.
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