Falconer states that near the southern side of the mouth of the Plata there are many jaguars, and that they chiefly live on fish; this account I have heard repeated.

On the Parana they have killed many wood-cutters, and have even entered vessels at night.

There is a man now living in the Bajada, who, coming up from below when it was dark, was seized on the deck; he escaped, however, with the loss of the use of one arm.

When the floods drive these animals from the islands, they are most dangerous.

I was told that a few years since a very large one found its way into a church at St.Fe: two padres entering one after the other were killed, and a third, who came to see what was the matter, escaped with difficulty.