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CHAPTER XVI. 



A MONKEY HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 



ZONES OF VEGETATION. NAKED NEGROES. THE ROAD TO 

 THE MOUNTAINS. THE GRAND ETANG. QUADRUPEDS OF 

 THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXTINCT AND LIVING. THE ALCO. 

 PECCARY. AGOUTI. MANACOU. ARMADILLO. RACCOON. > 

 A VISIT TO THE " TATOUAY TRAPS." THE FOREST SURROUND- 

 ING THE MOUNTAIN LAKE. " HAGINAMAH " : IS IT A CARIB 

 WORD? " HOG-IN- ARMOR," NOT A CARIB WORD. <; LE MORNE 

 DES SAUTEURS." THE PLANTAIN SWAMP. SIGNS 07 MONK- 

 EYS. THE MONKEYS' LADDER. HABITS OF WILD MONKEYS. 

 THE MAMMIE APPLE. IN AMBUSH. FEATHERED COM- 

 PANIONS. THE BETE ROUGE. AN AGED MONKEY. HIS CAU- 

 TION. DESCENDING THE LADDER. MONKEYS, GIDDY AND 

 GRAVE. COUNTING HIS FLOCK. THE MONKEY RECOGNIZES 

 A BROTHER. " SHOOT ! SHOOT ! " A FREE CIRCUS. A MAN, 

 AND A BROTHER. THE MONKEY-MAMMA. HER TERROR. 

 AN IMPOLITIC IMP. 



THERE are monkeys in Grenada ; many a poor 

 cultivator knows this to his cost. There are 

 troops of monkeys, who thread the mazes of the moun- 

 tain forest, living in the trees, scarce ever descending 

 to earth. To get them, one must go to the moun- 

 tains, must penetrate the great interior forests, and 

 hunt patiently the dark woods encircling the moun- 

 tain lake, the lake in the crater. He must camp by 

 the lake in the crater to get the " crayters " by the 

 lake. 



