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nutriment, which would not last them long. Had 

 these errant animals, nests, or recesses in the trees, 

 wherein to rear their young, certainly, in this case, 

 we should see them skulking near "their place of 

 residence.' , But, no such thing. I could never 

 find a young monkey left to itself ; neither could 

 I learn from the Indians, that they themselves had 

 ever seen one, except in company with the rest. 



When stationary, or when in motion, the baby 

 monkey adheres closely to the mother's body : so 

 closely, that it requires a keen, and an accustomed 

 eye to distinguish it. The mothers may be aptly 

 styled a kind of moving cradle ; their fur or 

 coat of hair, serving as blankets for the little ones 

 in earliest infancy. If you are in want of a tender 

 monkey, a month old or so, to boil for broth, or to 

 educate as a pet, your only chance of success is, 

 to shoot the poor mother : but, not with a fowling 

 piece. Nine times out of ten, the wounded mother 

 would stay in the clefts of the trees, where she 

 would ultimately perish with her progeny. An 

 arrow, poisoned with wourali, is your surest weapon. 

 Take a good aim, and in a few minutes, the 

 monkey will be lying dead at your feet. 



The wourali poison, (see the Wanderings) totally 

 destroys all tension in the muscles. Now, a 

 gunshot wound, even although it be mortal, has 



