With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



Gardens, under the care of my friend Dr. Heck. It is 

 the only living specimen which has so far been brought 

 to Europe. 



Later Captain Merker managed to procure three full- 

 grown specimens. These I tried to bring to Europe on 

 my fourth journey home, but failed, in spite of every 

 effort, chiefly because the monkeys, although long accus- 

 tomed to one another, suddenly began fighting in the 

 narrow hold, and seriously hurt themselves. Thus only 

 one of them, a female, reached the Berlin Gardens, and 

 she died three days later. 



Mbegas in captivity refuse all food offered them and 

 pine for their beloved mountain-forests. This is unlike 

 the habits of the baboon and other monkeys, and also 

 unlike the anthropoid apes, which become extraordinarily 

 attached to their keepers. 



The behaviour of the mbega has nothing monkey-like 

 or comical about it, but is rather always earnest, steady, 

 and reserved. To me it always seems a kind of reflection 

 of its sombre haunts. It is extraordinary how differently 

 baboons behave, whether in freedom or in captivity ! 



Baboons do not live, as many people seem to believe, 

 in the branches of the trees in tropical lands. They 

 are dwellers either on the plains, which they explore 

 thoroughly, or on the mountains. 



A confirmed plains-dweller is the yellow baboon, scien- 

 tifically known as Papio ibeanus, but called " njani " by 

 the inhabitants of the coast, " ol'dolal," by the Masai, 

 and " kireije " by the Wandorobo. This monkey, which 

 lives in large herds united by the strongest social ties, 



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