CHAPTER III. 
Prcpa rat ions fur Ute rettini to Pirara — (IcograpJiieal sititatioti of Muripa 
— Dici.sioH of the l*avtjj — Dcpartitrc from 7'iHtnifii on the old road — 
Ind ia n Fire-a p para t a s — Da syp as (jigan te'us — Da sg pas t: illosa s — 
Dicotgles lahiatas and its chase — Galo harharas — Embarkation on 
tJie Takatu—DicotgJes torquatits — Arrival in Tenette — Mr. Frger — 
Meeting with the other party — Soarces of the li\ipununi — Pinigheittc 
Range— Mamette lUmge — Harbingers of tJie rainy season — Depar- 
ture^ from Tenette — Calycophyll um ^tanleyantim — Use of the seeds 
of the Mimosa, acaeioides — Honey bees — Petiirn to Pirara — Trans- 
port of Provisions from Georgetovn — Retarn thither of Petri and 
the boat. 
183. Tlio olijoft of the expoditioii boino; attained, notliinc; stood in 
the way of onr immediate return had not my brother wanted to deter- 
mine tlie o-eooraphieal situation of j\rarii»a, which was soon fixed as 1" 54' 
37" lat. X., and 4r.' Ion"-. W. 
184. Hendriek's foot was unfortunately not suffieiently recovered to 
allow of his oomjng along with us, for wliioh reason we found ourselves 
forced to leave him behind until his cure was completed. So that he 
should want for notliing, and could later on hire guides for his return 
to Pirara, we supplied him with an adequate 'quantity of "trade.'' On 
the evening before our departure, the red-capped young Indian who had 
gone out to hunt jaguar. l)rought in a Kairuni (Dieoti/les Inhiatiis) that 
was infinitely more acceptable than the biggest feline, because for some 
days past our food had consisted of nothing but vegetables. To render 
the flesh palatable he had, immediately after killing the beast, cut out 
the peculiar dorsal gland which secretes a strong offensive smelling flnid. 
The meat differs both in aytpearance as well as in taste fi'om that of our 
pigs. What was left over from supper we smoked during the night. Kair 
means evil-smelling among the Maeusi, and hence the name Kairuni. 
185. The one-eyed chief, who had become strongly attached to us, 
or rather to our articles of trade, as Avell as several of his subordinates 
and residents of Maripa, offered their services to us as carriers to 
Tenette: these we gladly accepted because we had to take with us onr 
supplies of cassava bread from ^rari]ia and Tuarutu, since we could ex- 
])ect nothing in Tenette. 
186. When we left, our party numliered 50 people and a pack of 25 
dogs. In no settlement had I yet found so many and such lovely dogs 
as in Maripa. The most beautiful of all, however, was Tewanan that was 
swapped by the red-capped Indian for a gun. It stood 1 ft. 11 in. high, 
and measured from snout to tail-tip 4 ft. ?> in., of which 1 ft. alone in- 
cluded the tail. It was a pity that the lovely creature was castigated, but 
the Tarumas like the Brazilians customarily do this with their dogs. 
The little tiger-cat was carried by one of the Indians in a sort of cage. 
