Hares, about half the size of English ones--there are no rabbits--are widely spread, but not numerous; porcupines the same.

Wild cats, and animals of the ferret kind, destroy game.

Monkeys of various kinds and squirrels harbour in the trees, but are rarely seen.

Tortoises and snakes, in great variety, crawl over the ground, mostly after the rains.

Rats and lizards--there are but few mice--are very abundant, and feed both in the fields and on the stores of the men.
The wily ostrich, bustard, and florikan affect all open places.