IN AFRICAN FORESr AND JUNGLE 



ti)<Tethcr near the plantation where you are going. 

 We were lying in wait for boars, when finally we 

 heard their i^runts. We heard at the same time 

 the chatter of monkeys above our heads. The boars 

 came in sight and we fired. Then, to our astonish- 

 ment, a little monkey fell from the tree above our 

 heads. The firing of our guns had frightened his 

 mother, who dropped him. He did not have the 

 strength to hold on to the branches. I seized the 

 little fellow and put him into my bag. The mother 

 followed all the way back to the plantation, uttering 

 cries of distress and anger. Sometimes she would 

 come down to the ground, look at us, and go up 

 into the trees again. She did not dare to approach 

 too near us. After coming to the house we fed the 

 little monkey with the milk of a goat and called 

 him Ndova. His mother at the same time remained 

 on a commanding tree close by, calling the little fel- 

 low. Soon she was joined by her mate, who added 

 his calls to hers. They slept on a tree near the 

 plantation that night, and we kept the baby in the 

 house. At daylight the two big monkeys were still 

 on the same tree, and uttered cries of anguish and 

 distress, calling for the little fellow, but did not 

 dare to come down. 



" Three days passed and we thought little Ndova's 



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