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small, appeared on every side. They had
been sleeping or resting unconcernedly
above us and now made off in all directions,
grunting.
This was an off day. Our first fusillade
netted us only a shower of dead
wood and leaves. The howlers were now
all hiding again and it commenced to
pour as only it can in the Guiana forest.
At length, through the fog of the
moisture Hartley located a small specimen.
It dropped twenty feet at the
report of his gun, caught a lower limb
by its tail and there it hung, dead, for
an hour before we were able to shoot
the limb through with a rifle. Later we
This Old Fellow Has
Just Been Weaned
The younger these wizened
Beesa monkeys are,
the more carewonT and
world-tired they arc jn appearance
and action. This
ittle chap carried himself
with an air of resignation
that would melt the heart
of a Stoic.
succeeded in bringing down
a large female, but only
after a number of shots.
We found them all very
tough and difficult to bring
to earth. Several shots were
generally necessary unless
by chance the bullet pierced
the skull or heart. Many of
the old males would cling
desperately to a limb although
badly wounded. It
»l was pitiful to see their struggles
against a terrible unknown
enemy that fought
with fire from below, won-
Typical Monkey Jungle (lerftll to watch their heroic
The native in the picture is seated at the base of a one-hundred-eight-foot battle against Certain death.
vermilion nut tree. °