Hence the number of waterfowl is very scanty; for there is nothing to support life in the stream of this barren river.
Patagonia, poor as she is in some respects, can however boast of a greater stock of small rodents than perhaps any other country in the world.

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The desserts of Syria are characterised, according to Volney tome 1 page 351, by woody bushes, numerous rats, gazelles and hares.

In the landscape of Patagonia the guanaco replaces the gazelle, and the agouti the hare.) Several species of mice are externally characterised by large thin ears and a very fine fur.
These little animals swarm amongst the thickets in the valleys, where they cannot for months together taste a drop of water excepting the dew.

They all seem to be cannibals; for no sooner was a mouse caught in one of my traps than it was devoured by others.