led
him back, would have seized the creature. The Indian, meantime, was
engaged in pulling out the arrow; and having done so, he put a pinch of
salt into the creature's mouth.

On examining it, we found it was a veritable monkey, one of the most
curious of the race I ever saw. It was of the genera of _Cebidae_.
Duppo called it a _nakari_ (_Brachyurus calvus_ is its scientific name).
The body was about eighteen inches long, exclusive of the limbs. Its
tail was very short, and apparently of no use to it in climbing; and its
limbs were rather shorter and thicker than those of most monkeys. In a
short time it began to show signs of life.

We soon afterwards caught sight of another, with a young one on its
back, which our guide told us was a mother monkey. It, however, got
away before he could bring his blow-pipe to bear on it. As soon as the
little captive began to move, Duppo secured its front hands with a piece
of line, and threw a small net over its head to prevent it biting. He
then secured it on his shoulder; and we again pushed on through the
forest as fast as we could go. We were at length obliged to stop and
rest. We had taken but a slight breakfast. Arthur said he was hungry;
and Duppo showed that he was by taking out a cake of farinha and some
dried meat from his bag. Anxiety, however, had taken away my appetite.

While I was sitting down, I observed close to us what I took to be a
seed-pod of some aerial plant, hanging straight down from a bough, at
about six feet from the ground. On going up to it, I found to my
surprise that it was a cocoon about the size of a sparrow's egg, woven
by a caterpillar in broad meshes of a rose-coloured silky substance. It
hung, suspended from the tip of an outstanding leaf, by a strong silken
thread about six inches in length. On examining it carefully, I found
that the glossy threads which surrounded it were thick and strong. Both
above and below there was an orifice, which I concluded was to enable
the moth, when changed from the chrysalis which slept tranquilly within
its airy cage, to make its escape. It was so strong that it could
resist evidently the peck of a bird's beak, while it would immediately
swing away from one on being touched. I afterwards met with several
such cocoons; and once saw a moth coming forth from one. It was of a
dull, slatey colour, and belonged to the silkworm family of
_Bombycidae_.

Arthur persuaded me at last to take a little fo