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FESTIVITIES
OF THE SAVAGES. of the juvias.
a c c o m p a n i e d t h e I n d i a n t o the festival harvest o f juvias, celebrated tion.
by dancing,
and b y excesses
by
of wild
intoxica-
T h e h u t where t h e natives were assembled, displayed
d u r i n g several d a y s a very s i n g u l a r a s p e c t . table
nor b e n c h ;
smoke,
but
large
roasted
T h e r e w a s neither
monkeys,
blackened
ranged in r e g u l a r o r d e r a g a i n s t t h e w a l l .
were
T h e s e w e r e t h e marimondes ( A t e l e s
belzebuth), and those
b e a r d e d m o n k e y s called c a p u c h i n s , which
must
n o t be con-
f o u n d e d w i t h t h e w e e p e r , o r sai ( S i m i a c a p u c i n a o f The
The
or fruits o f t h e B e r t h o l l e t i a e x c e l s a , * w a s
manner
of roasting
these
contributes to render their appearance a b l e in the e y e s o f civilized m a n . o f very hard w o o d ground.
extremely
animals disagree-
A little g r a t i n g o r lattice
is f o r m e d , a n d raised
The monkey
Buffon).
anthropomorphous
o n e foot from t h e
is s k i n n e d , a n d b e n t
into a sitting
p o s t u r e ; t h e head g e n e r a l l y r e s t i n g on t h e a r m s , w h i c h a r e meagre
and l o n g ;
b u t s o m e t i m e s t h e s e are c r o s s e d
t h e back.
W h e n it is tied on t h e g r a t i n g ,
is
below.
kindled
T h e monkey,
behind
a very clear fire
enveloped
in s m o k e a n d
flame, is broiled and b l a c k e n e d a t t h e s a m e t i m e .
O n seeing
t h e natives d e v o u r t h e a r m o r l e g o f a r o a s t e d m o n k e y , i t is difficult
n o t t o believe that this habit
closely r e s e m b l i n g t o a certain cannibalism ticularly
degree, contributed among
those
o f eating animals so
m a n in t h e i r physical these
which
people.
have
organization, has,
t o diminish
very
Roasted round
t h e horror o f monkeys,
heads,
h i d e o u s r e s e m b l a n c e to a c h i l d ; a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y w h o are o b l i g e d to feed
on t h e m
and t h e h a n d s , and serve
par-
display
a
Europeans
prefer s e p a r a t i n g
t h e head
up o n l y t h e rest o f t h e a n i m a l at
their tables.
T h e flesh o f m o n k e y s is so lean a n d d r y , that
M.
has preserved
Bonpland
arm
and
hand,
Esmeralda;
which
in his c o l l e c t i o n s
had been
a n d n o smell
broiled
has arisen
from
at
over
Paris a n
the
them
fire at
after t h e
lapse of a great n u m b e r o f years. W e saw t h e I n d i a n s d a n c e . is
increased
by t h e w o m e n
T h e m o n o t o n y of their dancing not d a r i n g t o t a k e p a r t in i t .
T h e m e n . y o u n g and o l d , form a circle, h o l d i n g each o t h e r s ' hands; left,
a n d turn
for whole
sometimes
h o u r s , with
to t h e right, s o m e t i m e s
silent gravity.
* The Brazil nut.
Most
t o the
frequently