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Mias, which, he said, was on a tree close by his house, at 

 the coal-mines. Arriving at the place, we had some diffi- 

 culty in finding the animal, as he had gone off into the 

 jungle, which was very rocky and difficult to traverse. 

 At last we found him up a very high tree, and could see 

 that he was a male of the largest size. As soon as I had 

 fired, he moved higher up the tree, and while he was doing 

 so I fired again; and we then saw that one arm was 

 broken. He had now reached the very highest part of an 

 immense tree, and immediately began breaking off boughs 

 all around, and laying them across and across to make a 

 nest. It was very interesting to see how well he had 

 chosen his place, and how rapidly he stretched out his 

 unwounded arm in every direction, breaking off good- 

 sized boughs with the greatest ease, and laying them back 

 across each other, so that in a few minutes he had formed 

 a compact mass of foliage, which entirely concealed him 

 from our sight. He was evidently going to pass the night 

 here, and would probably get away early the next morn- 

 ing, if not wounded too severely. I therefore fired again 

 several times, in hopes of making him leave his nest ; but, 

 though I felt sure I had hit him, as at each shot he moved 

 a little, he would not go away. At length he raised him- 

 self up, so tli at half his body was visible, and then 

 gradually sank down, his head alone remaining on the 

 edge of the nest. I now felt sure he was dead, and tried 



