Chap. Y. 
TAME UAKARI. 
809 
pierced, and it requires an experienced hunter to track 
them. He is considered the most expert who can keep 
. pace with a wounded one, and catch it in his arms when 
it falls exhausted. A pinch of salt, the antidote to the 
poison, is then put in its mouth, and the creature revives. 
The species is rare, even in the limited district which 
it inhabits. Senhor Chrysostomo sent six of his most 
skilful Indians, who were absent three weeks before they 
obtained the twelve specimens which formed his unique 
and princely gift. When an independent hunter obtains 
one, a very high price (thirty to forty milreis*) is asked, 
these monkeys being in great demand for presents to 
persons of influence down the river. 
Adult TJakaris, caught in the way just described, very 
rarely become tame. They are peevish and sulky, 
resisting all attempts to coax them, and biting anyone 
who ventures within reach. They have no particular 
cry, even when in their native woods ; in captivity they 
are quite silent. In the course of a few days or weeks, 
if not very carefully attended to, they fall into a listless 
condition, refuse food and die. Many of them succumb 
to a disease which I supposed from the symptoms to be 
inflammation of the chest or lungs. The one which I 
kept as a pet died of this disorder after I had had it 
about three weeks. It lost its appetite in a very few 
days, although kept in an airy verandah ; its coat, 
which was originally long, smooth, and glossy, became 
dingy and ragged like that of the specimens seen in 
museums, and the bright scarlet colour of its face changed 
to a duller hue. This colour, in health, is spread over 
* Three pounds seven shillings to four pounds thirteen shillings. 
