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f urteen eggs a-piece. Thus passed the 

 day in exercise and knowledge, till the sun's 

 declining orb reminded us it was time to return 

 to the place from whence we had set out. 



The second night's attempt upon the cayman 

 was a repetition of the first, quite unsuccessful. 

 We went a fishing the day after, had excellent 

 sport, and returned to experience a third night's 

 disappointment. On the fourth evening, about 

 four o'clock, we began to erect a stage amongst 

 the trees, close to the water's edge. From this 

 we intended to shoot an arrow into the cayman : 

 at the end of this arrow was to be attached a 

 string, which would be tied to the rope, and 

 as soon as the cayman was struck, we were to 

 have the canoe ready, and pursue him in the river. 

 While we were busy in preparing the stage, a 

 tiger began to roar. We judged by the sound 

 that he was not above a quarter of a mile from us, 

 and that he was close to the side of the river. 

 Unfortunately, the Indian said it was not a jaguar 

 couguar. that was roaring, but a couguar. The couguar 

 is of a pale, brownish red colour, and not 

 as large as the jaguar. As there was nothing 

 particular in this animal, I thought it better to 

 attend to the apparatus for catching the cayman 

 than to go in quest of the couguar. The 

 people, however, went in the canoe to the place 

 where the couguar was roaring. On arriving 

 near the spot, they saw it was not a couguar, but 



