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a iMapuri making for the creek. I allowed him to get to it, and as soon as he 
had raised up, I fired and the bullet passed through the aw into the eye. The 
wounded animal then made for the bank, and, just as he scrambled up, another 
shot behind the houlder finished him. He weighed just about 672 lbs. 
After wo hours’ pull from Andabo, you come to a place known es “ Big 
Pond, ” where you can secure plenty of wate -haas (Hydrocherus capybara) 
Nigger Head (Tantalus lo ulator), Heri (Huxanura maguari) and birds of the 
larger species. The lapwing plover (Hoploxypterus cajanus) is also extremely 
plentiful here. Next day you will arrive at the mouth of Tauraculi creek, and 
you may eithe* go up here 0° continue along the main creek. The latter is far 
the best course to pursue if you are hunting, for here indeed commences the 
“ Paradise’ of the sportsman. The scenery is unique in its own way and re- 
minds one somewhat at first of an English park. One may walk along for miles 
without any trouble of cutting or passing through innumerable swamps, as it is 
all open savannah, with just enough treees and shrubs to make it an excellent 
stalking country. While walking through this part, you are sure to see several 
deer (Cariacus savannarum) at which you will be able to have some shots. My 
first walk through this part of country with one gun and no dogs gave me a 
mixed bag of two deer, one waterhaas, one Muscovy duck, one heri, and five 
iguana (Iguana tuberculata). With two or three guns and dogs, it would be 
hard to say what your bag might not contain. 
You can now obtain as much shooting and fishing as you desire, until you 
meet the head waters of the creek, where you return and go up the Tauraculi 
creek, where you will get some good shooting at accourie (Dasyprocta aquti), powis 
(Craa alector), and maroodie (Penelope marail). You are also sure to bag an 
otter (Lutra braziliensis), a couple of “ baboons ” (Mycetes seniculus), and some 
other monkeys (Cebus apella) should you desire to shoot them. The peccary 
(Dicotyles labiatus) are sometimes seen higher up the creek; several braces of 
them were seen but the peccary themselves were never met with. The camping 
places up this creek are good, and the bathing is safe and excellent. 
My most exciting time in the trip occurred one Sunday whilst I was returning 
down creek from Tauraculi. I was in the fore part of the corial, when I heard 
shouting behind. I turned round to see what-was happening. Great was my sur- 
prise when my captain pointed out a large Maipurie (T'apirus americanus) climbing 
the bank about ninety yards away. I quickly seized my rifle and had a shot. 
The bullet must have just passed through a fleshy part of the hind leg, as he only 
fell for a moment, and was up again and off to a reef about quarter of a mile 
away. The dogs were put on the scent and, after a lapse of a few minutes, we 
heard them give tongue, and knew that they had found him. He made for the 
creek and came down the same track along which he had gone up to the reef. As 
he came down and fell in the creek, I was prepared for him. As he came to the 
surface I fired, hit him in the neck, and, as I thought, killed him. Much was 
my surprise, however, when I saw him climbing the opposite bank. I fired again, 
but was unable to see where he was hit as he only stumbled fora momen. I 
knew he was hard hit, and could not go very far, and as he was now bleeding 
freely it was easy to follow the trail, which we did. We found he had crossed the 
