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J. T. makes herself at liome for Thanksgiving Day hmcheon in the high grass on the southern 

 slope of Mount Elgon. Human food is quite to the monkey folk's liking. In fact what constitutes 

 their major vice in the eyes of the settlers of British East Africa is the propensity for raiding grain 

 fields and orchards in large bands. They feast on maize or fruit until they are "stuflfed" and then 

 cram their elastic cheek pouches for future use ; but what is worse, they always destroy in their 

 foraging far more than they eat 



Stopping to pose for their photographs while crossing a small stream on Mount Kenia. Although 

 here perched high and dry on AUie's shoulder, J. T. had by no means any dislike for water; mon- 

 keys are fastidious bathers, keeping both themselves and their babies scrupulously clean. If neces- 

 sary, they can, in all probability, even swim a stream 



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