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HUNTING IN TJU'J JUNGLE. 



few hundred yards square, were all the most singular 

 tropical varieties of the equatorial flora. If I had fol- 

 lowed shnply my tastes I should immediately have given 



A MONKEY, SOME FOWLS, AND A BUNCH OF BANANAS. 



up my plans for hunting and have remained in this bot- 

 anists' paradise adding to my herbarium. But — I was 

 equipped with rifles and cartridges, and it was too late to 

 alter the object of my journey. 



