I70 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. 



the clay — a sound which echoed through the jungle and 

 gained in volume until we drowsily knew we were listening to 

 the howling of the red baboons. Even this invasion of man 

 merged harmoniously with Ihe sounds of the wilderness. 



LIFE ABOUT THE BUNGALOW. 



We remained at Hoorie just seven days — only long enough 

 to begin to look beneath the surface and realize what a 

 veritable wonderland it was for scientist or nature lover. 



On the last day of our stay we wrote in our journal; 

 "Hoorie is a perfect health resort; temperature good*; no 

 mosquitoes; food excellent; splendid place for laboratory 

 work; interesting insect life superabundant; birds and liz- 

 ards abundant; snakes rare; jjerai, electric eels and manatees 

 in the creek; peccary, deer, red howlers, armadillos, sloths 

 and ant-eaters within short distance of bungalow." What 

 more could be asked ? 



The bungalow was a well-built house with wide veranda, 

 perched on the cleared summit of a low hill sloping 

 evenly in all directions; the thick bush and shrubby under- 

 growth beginning about one hundred feet down the hillside. 



We shall not attempt to describe or even mention the many 

 varieties of creatures which haunted the clearing, but leaving 

 these for our scientific reports, we shall speak only of those 

 which are especially interesting. 



When one enters a vast forested wilderness such as this, 

 and makes a good-sized clearing, the inmates of the forest 

 are bound to be affected. The most timid ones flee at the 



* The average daily temj^erature during our stay was as follows ; 



