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Gapa.ro to Chaguanas. 
1894 
April 3 
We left"It Carrdonum" at daybreak. The Owls were 
just ceasing their hooting and in the forest to the east- 
An early 
ward the Howling Monkeys were greeting the dawn with a 
morning ride 
succession of deep bass roars. Chapman rode Carr's horse 
while I walked as far as Medford's where I found the 
latter's mule saddled and waiting for me. Soon after 
reaching the high road we heard Paroquets making a great 
screaming and presently saw a number of them flitting 
about in the foliage of a tall tree. We conjectured that 
they had passed the night there and were just waking up, 
for Chapman says that he has never before known them to 
scream while perched. After a minute or two, they all 
took wing and crossed the clearing, flying in their usual 
vacillating, aimless manner — now closely bunched, next 
spreading out, circling and inclining first to this side, 
next to that, as if they were in sad need of a leader. 
It was a heavenly morning, deliciously cool at 
first, pleasantly warm later, without a breath of wind to 
shake the dew from the broad-leaved plantains and palms 
that lined the road. I have never before seen this 
wonderful tropical vegetation to such advantage. And the 
birds 1 How they called and sang and swung to and fro 
across the road. Within one short hour I saw or heard 
the greater part of all the species with which I have 
