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CHAPTER XVI. 



A MONKEY HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 



ZONES OF VEGETATION. — NAKED NEGROES. — THE ROAD TO 

 THE MOUNTAINS. — THE GRAND ETANG. — QUADRUPEDS OF 

 THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXTINCT AND LIVING. — THE ALCO. — 

 PECCARY. — AGOUTI. — MANACOU. — ARMADILLO. — RACCOON. — ■ 

 A VISIT TO THE " TATOUAY TRAPS." — THE FOREST SURROUND- 

 ING THE MOUNTAIN LAKE. — '" HAGINAMAH " : IS IT A CARIB 

 WORD? — " HOG-IN- ARMOR," NOT A CARIB WORD. — " LE MORNE 

 DES SAUTEURS." — THE PLANTAIN SWAMP. SIGNS OF MONK- 

 EYS.— THE MONKEYS' LADDER. HABITS OF WILD MONKEYS. 



— THE MAMMIE APPLE. — IN AMBUSH. — FEATHERED COM- 

 PANIONS. — THE BETE ROUGE. — AN AGED MONKEY. — HIS CAU- 

 TION. — DESCENDING THE LADDER. — MONKEYS, GIDDY AND 

 GRAVE. — COUNTING HIS FLOCK. — THE MONKEY RECOGNIZES 

 A BROTHER. — " SHOOT ! SHOOT ! " — A FREE CIRCUS. — A MAN, 

 AND A BROTHER. — THE MONKEY-MAMMA. — HER TERROR. — 

 AN IMPOLITIC IMP. 



THERE are monkeys in Grenada ; many a poor 

 cultivator knows this to his cost. There are 

 troops of monkeys, who thread the mazes of the moun- 

 tain forest, living in the trees, scarce ever descending 

 to earth. To get them, one must go to the moun- 

 tains, must penetrate the great interior forests, and 

 hunt patiently the dark woods encircling the moun- 

 tain lake, the lake in the crater. He must camp by 

 the lake in the crater to get the " crayters " by the 

 lake. 



