THE UAKARI MONKEYS 



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most expert who can keep pace with a wounded one, and catch it in his arms when 

 it falls exhausted. A pinch of salt, the antidote to the poison, is then put into its 

 mouth, and the creature revives. The species is rare, even in the limited district 

 which it inhabits. 



"Adult uakaris, caught in the way described, very rarely become tame. They 

 are peevish and sulky, resisting all attempts to coax them, and biting any one who 

 ventures within reach. They have no particular cry, even when in their native 

 woods ; in captivity they are quite silent. In the course of a few days or weeks, 

 if not carefully attended to, they fall into a listless condition, refuse food, and die. 



THE BAU5 UAKARI. 



(One-seventh natural size.) 



Many of them succumb to a disease which I suppose, from the symptoms, to be 

 inflammation of the chest or lungs. The one which I kept as a pet died of this 

 disorder, after I had had it about three weeks. It lost its appetite in a very 

 few days, although kept in an airy veranda ; its coat, which was originally long, 

 smooth, and glossy, became dingy and ragged, like that of the specimens seen in 

 museums, and the bright scarlet color of its face changed to a duller hue. This 

 color, in health, is spread over the features up to the roots of the hair on the fore- 

 head and temples, and down to the neck, including the flabby cheeks, which hang 



