88 A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



The temperature in this camp at night is lo" Fahr. 

 warmer than at my last camp, and the minimum has not 

 gone below 48° Fahr. ; the locality is not much lower, but 

 being on the north side of the divide it is sheltered from 

 the cold south winds. 



traditional tales of their misdeeds. They are still very dangerous to dogs, 

 monkeys after which they climb, to the capyvara an especial favourite, and to 

 the young of black cattle," 



