62 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
Cherrie and Doctor Cajazeira, and fifteen 
native assistants. 
The Gy Parand party was composed of 
Captain Amilear, Lieutenant Mello, a geol- 
ogist, a taxidermist and myself, besides a 
number of natives. We traveled three days 
longer to reach the Commemoracao. The 
spot was called Barao de Melgaco, and 
marked practically the end of the telegraph 
line. The trip from Tapirapoan to the Com- 
memoracao had required exactly forty days; 
the distance is approximately five hundred 
and forty-eight miles. Many of the pack 
animals were in such poor condition that they 
had to be shot. It is impossible to say how 
many had been lost on the way, but the num- 
ber was very large. 
Barao de Melgacgo seemed to be the head- 
quarters of annoying 
insects and disease. 
Most of the handful 
of men at work on the 
telegraph line were 
ill with fever and 
beriberi, and there 
had been twelve 
deaths just before 
our arrival. 
We had expected 
to find canoes await- 
ing us, but as there 
were none, the men 
cut down a tree of 
ample size and began 
making one. ‘This 
work, we estimated, 
would require a 
month; but after a 
wait of two weeks a 
large canoe arrived 
from down river. 
The time at Barao 
de Melgago was 
profitably if not 
pleasantly spent. All 
about the little clear- 
ing rose the stately 
Amazonian forest, 
providing admirable 
collecting grounds. 
Many birds’ and 
mammals were ta- 
ken, all new to the 
collection. The lat- 
ter included an un- 
described spider mon- 
key and a saki! of a 
new genus. 
We started down 
the Commemoracao 
1 Saki: a South Amer- 
ican monkey with a 
bushy tail and a ruff 
of long hair around the 
face. 
Photo by Cherrie 
Nhambiquara women and children with baskets of vegetables from the field 
