FIELD OBSERVATIONS IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA 

 {Mrs. Ahlni (tiHl J. T. Jr.) 



As I was using the binoculars, J. T. climbed to my shoulder to see too. We may doubt, how- 

 ever, whether she derived any benefit from the glasses — in fact, she preferred turning 

 them around and looking in at the big end. Like a human child, she was inquisitive, 

 "butting into" whatever we were about and using her hands and teeth with which to 

 explore any strange or iinusual object. She little needed any optical assistance, as 

 she could distinguish familiar objects at great distances. She more than once proved 

 that she recognized me far beyond the range of the unaided vision of members 

 of the expedition, for things near at hand her sight was almost microscopic, 

 and she would make a great fuss over picking from her fur some tiny 

 speck of dust which we could scarcely see 



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