A Tame Kinkajou : A Night-Monkey. 868 
of, aud obedience to, Iiis orders. Quarrels within tlie tribal community 
are of the rarest occurrence, though before Emancipation and on account 
of their trade witli slaves, they were, next to the Caribs, the most feared 
of all the tribes. Equally celebrated as their courage and valour is 
their hospitality to all strangers, and their provision fields, which are 
planted during the wet season, are accordingly up to twice ii.s large as 
those belonging to other Indians. At the beginning of the dry season 
they form liig caravans for their trading expeditions to Georgetown, 
where in return for hammocks, dogs, parrots and such-like they receive 
cash, knives, axes, ])OA\ d('r. etc., which tliey again barter with the tribes 
of tlu^ interior for hammocks and so on. They usually travel for two 
days at a time, and then rest the third which they utilise at the same 
time for fishing and hunting to secure supplies for the next two. To 
satisfy their thirst for revenge they mostly employ the Wassi. which they 
barter from the Serekongs. Besides on the Barama and Barima one 
finds settlements of Akawais (Wakawais, or Waikas) still on the 
Demerara, Mazaruni, and Potaro. The whole tribe might number about 
700 individuals. Their religious convictions correspond entirely with 
those of the Caribs. As the old farib chieftain was in need of a large 
knife. T managed to swap him ono for his magic rattle, an exchange that 
had to be effected however with the greatest secrecy. Profane eyes must 
never gaze upon these rattles, niul that is why they are always kept 
wrapped up by the Piai. 
884. The hai-bingers of the small rainy season had already put in an 
appearance, and if I stii] wanted to push on to the Orinoco mouth and 
replace the sea-fish that had l)een lost in transit to Berlin, I had no more 
time to lose. 
88i"). What with tlie ra])id cui'rent we were already back at Barimani 
mouth four da^'s later. Befor-e reaching it we came across a huge drove 
of small birds, mostly Ncctari)iae, Tanufji Uhie and FHiif/illac which were 
flying along the bank in one and the same direction from tree-top to tree- 
top and searching after insects : the crowd was several miles long. 
Arriving at Timiti mouth, a small forest stream on the eastern baEk of 
the Waint, we followed it up a bit to visit a. Warrau settlement, situated 
some distance away from the bank. The village consisted of 12 houses, 
which showed more cleanliness than I had ever before seen among this 
tribe. An interesting sight was a tame kinka jou or Night "Monkey {Cerco- 
Icptcs caudiroh:iihis 111. ) which on account of its rapacity was tied up by 
one leg. The Warraus called it TTvari. It slept throughout the day : its 
activities began only at night. Daylight ap]ieared to he particularly 
painful to its eyes, and if it were waked out of its sleep by mischievous 
boys, who knew its weakness, and put out in the sun in front of the 
house, its eye-lids remained in a continual state of blinking, while its 
movements becanu^ slow aud awkward. lis l»eliaviour, however, proved 
just the opposite when brouglil hack into the somewhat darker house, 
although its liveliness lasted l»ut a sh<»rt wliile, as it soon lay down 
again to sleep. The food placed before it, which consisted of sweet 
fruits, it would only deyour after darkness had set in when, like the 
Wasua, it carried it to its mouth in its forepaws. Being great lovers 
