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Travels and Adventures 



sionally we came in contact with a colony of large 

 brown monkeys, those missing- links of Darwinian 

 celebrity. At the sight of us they set up such a chatter 

 as would almost lead one to suppose that they were 



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BUSH TURKEY. 



discussing on the spot what possible motive could have 

 induced us to venture so far from civilisation. The 

 woods were full of a kind of wild turkey, but we were 

 not successful in shooting any. However, we bagged 

 some birds about the size of a hen, which appeared 

 to be a kind of grouse. The sun, already low in the 

 heavens, warned us that it was time to prepare our 



