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11th. The Indians came over again to-day; two that 
were with us yesterday, and two new ones, whom our old 
acquaintance introduced to us by their names, one of which 
was Yaparico. Though we did not yesterday observe it, 
they all had the septum or inner part of the nose bored 
through with a very large hole, in which one of them had 
stuck the bone of a bird as thick as a man’s finger, and four 
or six inches long, an ornament no doubt, though to us it 
appeared rather an uncouth one. They brought with them 
a fish which they gave to us, in return I suppose for the 
fish we had given them yesterday. Their stay was but 
short, for some of our gentlemen being rather too curious in 
examining their canoe, they went directly to it, and pushing 
it off, went away without saying a word. 
12th. The Indians came again to-day and ventured down 
to Tupia’s tent, where they were so pleased with their 
reception that three stayed, while the fourth went with the 
canoe to fetch two others. They introduced their strangers 
(which they always made a point of doing) by name, and 
had some fish given them; they received it with indifference, 
signed to our people to cook it for them, which was done, 
ate part and gave the rest to my dog. They stayed 
the best part of the morning, but never ventured to 
go above twenty yards from their canoe. The ribbons 
by which we had tied medals round their necks on the first 
day we saw them, were covered with smoke; I suppose 
they lay much in the smoke to keep off the mosquitos. 
14th. Our second lieutenant had the good fortune to kill 
the animal that had so long been the subject of our specula- 
tions. To compare it to any European animal would be 
impossible, as it has not the least resemblance to any one I 
have seen. Its fore-legs are extremely short, and of no use 
to it in walking; its hind again as disproportionally long ; 
with these it hops seven or eight feet at a time, in the same 
manner as the jerboa, to which animal indeed it bears much 
resemblance, except in size, this being in weight 38 lbs., and 
the jerboa no larger than a common rat. 
15th. The beast which was killed yesterday was to-day 
