Record #47
Fauna of Chile — Calchona
A woolly nocturnal beast associated with hidden danger in the wilderness.
Original Text
The Calchona is a kind of Newfoundland dog woollier than an unshorn ram and more bearded than a billy goat. White in colour, it chooses dark nights to appear before mountain travellers, snatching their lunch baskets from them and muttering sullen threats; it also scares horses, hunts down outlaws, and works all sorts of evil.