is especially manifest in the females towards their
offspring. It has been stated that if one of a
herd has been harpooned, its companions will as-
semble round, and attempt to drag out the wea-
pon; and if the cub be taken, the mother will
fall an easy prey, her maternal affection being
more powerful than her instinctive fear of man.
From personal experience we can confirm Her-
nandez’s statement of the excellence of the flesh
of the Manatee: he truly compares it to well-
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MANATEE.
fatted pork of pleasant flavour. The pursuit of it on this account, has rendered it scarce in many localities where it was formerly numerous: in the vicinity of Cayenne, it was at one time so com- mon, that a large boat might be filled with them in a day, and the flesh was sold at threepence
