634 THE CARNIVORES 



branch through the grove. Many of them stopped at the puptraha trees, and the 

 hustling, twittering, and screaming, with the sounds of falling fruits, showed how 

 they were employed. I thought at first they were NycUpitheci, but they proved to 

 be jupuras, for the owner of the house early next morning caught a young one, and 

 gave it to me. I kept this as a pet animal for several weeks, feeding it on bananas 

 and manioc-meal mixed with treacle. It became tame in a very short time, allow- 

 ing itself to be caressed, but making a distinction in the degree of confidence it 

 showed between myself and strangers. My pet was unfortunately killed by a neigh- 

 bor's dog, which entered the room where it was kept." 



