under a bough, and by carefully arranging a few more
sepos, Uncle Paul and Arthur made it so secure that it was impossible
for her to fall out. They told me to take a berth of a similar
character close to her, while Uncle Paul formed one for himself on a
bough, a little on one side. The rest of the party arranged themselves
as they thought fit; Kallolo, with his new friend, climbing up to one of
the higher boughs, on which he stretched himself, with the monkey
crouching down close to him. The way in which he kept close to the
native showed that he had long been accustomed to human society, and was
delighted to find himself in it again.

Our first night in our tree-home was passed in perfect tranquillity.
Scarcely a breath of air moved the leaves. The sky was clear, and the
crescent moon overhead afforded just sufficient light to enable us to
get into our respective berths. We were all weary with the exertions
and anxiety we had gone through, and the want of sleep during the
previous night, and scarcely had we got into our nests when the eyes of
most of us, I suspect, were closed. I just kept awake long enough to
see that Marian had gone off into a quiet slumber, and then quickly
dropped into the land of dreams; and I don't think I ever slept more
soundly than I did in my strange resting-place.

I might possibly have slumbered on till the sun was high in the sky, but
I was awakened, ere the light of early dawn had penetrated amid the
thick foliage which surrounded us, by a strange concert of sounds.
Monkeys were jabbering overhead; tree-frogs were quacking; parrots were
chattering and macaws were screeching more loudly than all, as they flew
over the topmost boughs. For some time I was too much confused to
remember where I was, or what was producing the strange din in my ears.
In vain I tried to go to sleep again, and at length I was completely
aroused. My first impulse was to look out for Marian. She was still
sleeping calmly, while the rest of the party, as far as I could discern
by the uncertain light, were resting in the positions in which I had
seen them at night. Gradually the dawn drew on, and on sitting up I
caught sight of half a dozen ugly-looking faces peering down on us. I
knew that they were those of monkeys which had descended from the
topmost boughs, whither they had retreated when we took possession of
their abode. Two or three of them then approached Quacko, and tried to
induce him to rejoi