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"Confound it!" said he, "when I am after runaway slaves across the jungle they never give me such trouble as this! But I will have you, you wretched monkey! I will go, yes, I will go as far as my legs will carry me, and we shall see!" The guariba had remained motionless when he saw that the adventurer had ceased to pursue him.
Preparations for the journey The Bay of Goajara Grove of fan- leaved Palms The lower Tocantins Sketch of the River-Vista Alegre Baiao Rapids Boat journey to the Guariba Falls Native Life on the Tocantins Second journey to Cameta. August 26th, 1848 Mr. Wallace and I started today on the excursion ,which I have already mentioned as having been planned with Mr.
Two more tapirs were killed; several capivaras; and a paca which is an animal much prized by the Indians for its flesh, as well as the teeth used by them in making their blow-guns. We also obtained a pair of the small peccaries, several macaws, and no less than a whole troop of guariba monkeys.
He carried it to his mouth, and his teeth grated against the metal, but made no impression on it. Doubtless the guariba thought he had found some fruit of a new kind, a sort of huge almost brilliant all over, and with a kernel playing freely in its shell.
The thought that the case held his money was not however, what then concerned him. But that which made him jump was the recollection that it contained the precious document, the loss of which was irreparable, as it carried with it that of all his hopes. "Botheration!" said he. And at the moment, cost what it might to recapture his case, Torres threw himself in pursuit of the guariba.
"If we have been of use to you," said the youngest of the two, "it was by accident, but we are none the less pleased to find that we have done some good." And taking several steps to the rear, he bent over the guariba, and, not without an effort, withdrew the case from his stiffened hand. "Doubtless that, sir, is what belongs to you?"
"Holy Saint Pat!" gasped Tim, throwing his rifle to port and bracing his feet. "Now look what I went and done! Is that the echo, or a couple dozen jaggers all fightin' to oncet?" "Guariba, Senhor Ree-ann," snickered Joao. "Not jaguars no. Only one little guariba monkey. The howler." "G'wan! Ye're kiddin'!" "But no, amigo. It is as I tell you. One monkey. It is sunset, and the jungle awakes."
This was what he did, and the pursuit commenced under these conditions; but when the captain of the woods disappeared, the monkey patiently waited until he came into sight again, and at this game Torres fatigued himself without result. "Confound the guariba!" he shouted at length. "There will be no end to this, and he will lead me back to the Brazilian frontier. If only he would let go of my case!
To these representatives of the monkey tribe nature has not been content to give four hands she has shown herself more generous, and added a fifth, for the extremity of their caudal appendage possesses a perfect power of prehension. The guariba noiselessly approached, brandishing a study cudgel, which, wielded by his muscular arm, would have proved a formidable weapon.
However, instead of retracing his steps he directed them toward the tree, although the position taken up by the monkey was still more unfavorable for him. He could not dream for one instant of climbing the ficus, which the thief would have quickly abandoned for another. And all the time the miserable case rattled at his ear. Then in his fury, in his folly, Torres apostrophized the guariba.
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