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Bush-Cow Sausages. 
323. Our next business was to bi-iug the old tapir down to the saud- 
bauk, and tliis required the united strength of tlie ex])edition for we had 
to tie a rope to tlie huge beast's hind legs and so drag it along, which was 
all accomplished with lots of noise. The length of the creature, inclusive 
of the 3-inch long snout, measured 6 feet 10 in., its girth around the 
Itodj 5 ft. 10 in., its height 4 ft. 9 iu.. and the U'ugth of tlie forefeet 
2 ft. 9 in. The tapir that grazes along the banks of the savannah streams 
differs so essentially, not only in respect^ to height, but also colour, from 
that occupying the coast and virgin forests, that I am inclined to believe 
they are two distinctly diffeient species. The former ai'e accustomed to 
leave the dense river-gi-owtb at sunset and sunrise and to tread the sand- 
banks, where they roll about in the water and mud like pigs do, on else 
eat the leaves off the bushes. Smell would seem to be the most highly 
developed of tlieir senses, for they have often scented us fi'om distances 
so consideraltle that no other organ could possibly have given them any 
indications of our appi'oach. In spite of their ungainly and unv^-'ieldy 
form they can run at a pace that one would not credit. 
321. The liuge carcass was soon cut to pieces by the many luistling 
hands: one portion of the flesh was smoked, and the otiier boiled. 
We found the meat unusually tasty: it bore much resemblance to beef 
not only in taste, but also in appearance. Tt was on this 
occasion that T noticed for the first time that tlie Indi;nis knew how to 
)>repare just as good sausage as we do, for Avh'ile we removed the guts, 
they carefully collected the blood, mixed finely cut-up Itits of meat 
with it, and tlien filled the entrails with the mess: they did not 
cook the sausage, but smoked it forthwith. I tasted it once — but 
never again. Since T could not override the definite instructionsi given 
me not to forward any skins of the larger mammals to Berlin. T handed 
the hide over to the Indians to make sandals of : I pre])ared the skeh'ton 
for the Anatomical ^ruseum. 
32.". While busilv emploved in cutting away the flesh, large numbers 
of vultures, that had been drawn one at a time from all four' quarters 
of the wind, v'ere watchinc from the nearest trees whether anything 
would fall to their share. The pirais were also darting through the 
water-edge and bit clean off two of the fincrers of poor Pureka just as he 
was washing his bloodstained bonds, so that the unfortunate fellow could 
not use them for a large pnrt of* the journey: he suffered considerable 
pain at first. 
326. During the night Stckkle i^eturned from Warima and brought 
us the news that Friar Jose would be coming alouff in the morninir to 
see us once more, and indeed he arrived before we left. He was heartilv 
sorry that owing to his absence from the Fort he had been unable to 
partake of the sumi)tuous banquet at the Totinga, because it 
was unlikely that there would ever acjain be such a favourable oppor- 
tuTiity of being invited to a similar one. To com]tensate liim a 
little for the loss, we colh^cted the reinaindei' of our delicacies, 
which he found very acceptable to his ])alate. Some baskets of 
farinha, two turtles, as well as a quantity of feather ornaments from 
the Pauixana, Guinau, and Oewacu, including two feather-decorated 
