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were bright red, at a little distance I could fancy 

 a new species of pendent acacia. 



There are a great many monkeys in this wood, 

 and watching their antics and wonderful leaps 

 from tree to tree forms another of my varied 

 amusements during my collecting hours. I saw 

 the first in the open, while I was loitering al>out 

 with my net during my previous visit here. I saw 

 him appear twice, but he seemed afraid to come 

 near ; however, as I remained quite still, the third 

 time he came walking towards me along the path 

 on his hind-legs and with his arms outstretched, 

 but when I moved in his direction he ran off into 

 the wood and up into a high tree, where I could 

 see him angrily shaking the branches. He was 

 silver-grey, with a black face, and appeared to 

 be about three feet high. 



I did not then know there were wild monkeys 

 here, and concluded from his approaching me 

 that he was a tame one escaped from confine- 

 ment. At that time, too, there was only one 

 very little used path through the wood I so 

 constantly refer to which is also a native 



