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  the 
  fourteen 
  years 
  he 
  had 
  traded 
  he 
  never 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  any 
  

   other 
  locality. 
  On 
  my 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  Ucayali, 
  in 
  September 
  1865, 
  

   I 
  wished 
  to 
  ascend 
  the 
  Rio 
  Tigri 
  in 
  pursuit 
  of 
  this 
  Monkey, 
  but 
  was 
  

   obliged 
  to 
  abandon 
  the 
  idea, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  prevalence 
  of 
  fever 
  and 
  

   ague 
  at 
  that 
  season, 
  and, 
  moreover, 
  the 
  Indians 
  were 
  unwilling 
  to 
  

   join 
  me 
  in 
  so 
  dangerous 
  a 
  country. 
  Having 
  determined 
  to 
  spend 
  a 
  

   few 
  months 
  in 
  the 
  mountain 
  country, 
  I 
  passed 
  up 
  the 
  Maranon 
  and 
  

   Huallaga 
  to 
  Yurimaguas, 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  to 
  Xiberos, 
  whence 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  *Chyavetos 
  in 
  the 
  mountains. 
  Having 
  heard 
  that 
  this 
  large 
  

   Monkey 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  this 
  little 
  known 
  locality, 
  I 
  remained 
  

   at 
  Chyavetos 
  about 
  two 
  months 
  ; 
  and 
  during 
  that 
  time 
  I 
  became 
  well 
  

   acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  Indians, 
  who 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  a 
  long 
  armed 
  Ape 
  

   (called 
  in 
  the 
  Inca 
  language 
  Urcu 
  Maci-suppah 
  or 
  Quillu 
  Maci- 
  

   suppah), 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  more 
  days 
  

   journey. 
  I 
  engaged 
  three 
  active 
  Indians, 
  and 
  started 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  a 
  

   forest 
  foot 
  road, 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  opened 
  by 
  a 
  Catholic 
  priest, 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Moyabamba, 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  penitence. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  three 
  days 
  

   I 
  reached 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  mountains; 
  here 
  we 
  came 
  across 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  the 
  Monkeys 
  in 
  question 
  — 
  about 
  eight 
  or 
  nine. 
  I 
  shot 
  the 
  

   male 
  that 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum; 
  my 
  Indians 
  brought 
  down 
  

   another 
  with 
  the 
  poison 
  dart. 
  Having 
  obtained 
  two 
  of 
  them, 
  I 
  felt 
  

   perfectly 
  satisfied 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  discovered 
  a 
  new 
  species. 
  While, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  I 
  was 
  busily 
  engaged 
  preparing 
  the 
  finest 
  specimen, 
  my 
  Indians 
  had 
  

   quietly 
  placed 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  fire 
  ; 
  to 
  my 
  great 
  horror 
  and 
  disgust 
  they 
  

   had 
  singed 
  the 
  hair 
  off, 
  and 
  thus 
  spoiled 
  my 
  second 
  specimen. 
  Of 
  

   course 
  I 
  was 
  obliged 
  to 
  keep 
  peace 
  for 
  we 
  had 
  not 
  tasted 
  meat 
  for 
  

   several 
  days 
  before 
  starting 
  from 
  Chyavetos, 
  and 
  this 
  Monkey 
  proved 
  

   a 
  very 
  dainty 
  dish 
  to 
  us 
  all. 
  I 
  was 
  still 
  in 
  hopes 
  of 
  obtaining 
  more 
  

   specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Munga-Urcu, 
  or 
  Saucepan 
  Mountain 
  (so 
  called 
  from 
  

   its 
  peculiar 
  shape,) 
  but 
  in 
  this, 
  after 
  much 
  hard 
  work, 
  I 
  failed. 
  

  

  "These 
  Monkeys 
  appear 
  to 
  go 
  in 
  small 
  parties, 
  passing 
  through 
  

   the 
  forest 
  at 
  a 
  rapid 
  pace, 
  feeding 
  on 
  different 
  kinds 
  of 
  berries. 
  The 
  

   berries 
  I 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  mouth 
  and 
  stomach 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  were 
  similar 
  to 
  

   the 
  gooseberry 
  in 
  external 
  appearance; 
  they 
  have, 
  however, 
  a 
  large 
  

   stone 
  inside. 
  These 
  stones 
  appear 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  them, 
  as 
  I 
  found 
  

   several 
  in 
  the 
  intestines. 
  

  

  "On 
  my 
  return 
  to 
  town 
  I 
  found 
  an 
  Indian 
  who 
  had 
  arrived 
  from 
  

   Cauhapanas, 
  a 
  small 
  town 
  lying 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  

   Maranon 
  Valley, 
  north 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Chyavetos, 
  who 
  had 
  in 
  

   his 
  possession 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  young 
  Spider 
  Monkey, 
  which 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  ♦Chayavitas. 
  

  

  