They brought down the birds even when they were on the wing, and very seldom missed their mark.

After shooting three parrots and an ape, we returned to the huts.
The good creatures offered me the best hut they possessed, and invited me to pass the night there.

Being rather fatigued by the toilsome nature of my journey on foot, the heat, and the hunting excursion, I very joyfully accepted their proposition: the day, too, was drawing to a close, and I should not have been able to reach the settlement of the whites before night.

I therefore spread out my cloak upon the ground, arranged a log of wood so as to serve instead of a pillow, and for the present seated myself upon my splendid couch.

In the meanwhile, my hosts were preparing the monkey and the parrots, by sticking them on wooden spits, and roasting them before the fire.