HUNTING ADVENTURES. 



mass of locusts which covered it ; and, having shaken the branches, 

 in an instant I had more locusts than I could carry on my back : 

 these we roasted for ourselves and dogs. 



Beautifully wooded hills and mountains stretched away on 

 every side; some of the mountains were particularly grand and 

 majestic, th^ir summits being surrounded by steep precipices and 

 abrupt parapets of rock, the abodes of vv-hole colonies of black- 

 faced baboons, which, astonished to behold such novel intruders 

 upon their domains, leisurely descended the craggy mountain 

 sides for a nearer inspection of our caravan. Seating themselves 

 together upon a broad ledge, they seemed to hold a council as to 

 the propriety of permitting us to proceed further through their 

 territories. Having advanced about nine miles, I drew up my 

 wagons on the bank of a rivulet, where the spoor of large game 

 was extremely abundant. In the bed of the stream I discovered 

 the scaly skin of a manis, which had been newly eaten by some 

 bird of prey. Thisj?xtraordinary animal, which in its habits par- 

 lakes of the nature of the hedgehog, is about three feet, in length, 

 and is covered all over with an impenetrable coat of mail, consist- 

 ing of large rough scales about the size and shape of the husk of 

 an artichoke ; these overlap one another in an extraordinary and 



