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[July, 
Indians, he was buried, and the mother continued her 
mournful wailing for several days. 
The only additions I made to my collections during 
the time I staid here, were a prehensile-tailed ant- 
eater, and one of the small nocturnal monkeys, called 
“ Jurupari Macaco,’’ or Devil Monkey, a species very 
closely allied to that called la,” which inhabits the So- 
limdes. After waiting anxiously a fortnight, Bernardo 
made his appearance with three of his wives and a host 
of children : he had been unsuccessful in his projected 
attack, the parties having obtained notice of his motions 
and absconded. He had taken every precaution, by en- 
tering in a different river from that in which the attack 
was to be made, and penetrating through the forest; but 
his movements were, no doubt, thought suspicious, and 
it was considered safer to get out of his way : he was 
however confident of succeeding next time in another 
place, where he thought he could arrive unawares. 
Having now no further cause for delay, we loaded our 
canoes, and the next morning left Sao Jeronymo, on our 
return to Guia, where we arrived on the morning of the , 
24th, having been absent on our trip fifty days. 
The most important event that had occurred in the 
village, was the arrival from Barra of Manoel Joaquim, 
a half-breed Brazilian, some time resident at Guia. This 
man was a specimen of the class of white men found in 
the Rio Negro. He had been a soldier, and had been 
engaged in some of the numerous revolutions which had 
taken place in Brazil. It was said he had murdered 
his wife, and for that, or some other crimes, had been 
banished to the Rio Negro, instead of being hung, as he 
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