FUNNY VISITORS. 



"Mischief; the monkey is the most mischievous creature in the world ; they 

 are looking for sport, and will get it, if possible, before they leave." 

 " Look at them ! " 



As suddenly as if they had sprung from the earth, fully twenty of the animals 

 appeared at the camp-fire. They were on all sides except that under the immediate 



protection of Pongo and Abdallah, and some 

 showed a disposition even to crowd them. 



"They are not monkeys," said Dick, after 

 carefully studying them a minute or two. 

 " What are they ? " 



" Baboons ; notice how large several of 

 them are. Their muzzles are elongated 

 like a dog's, and the hands and feet are 



short, with long 

 thumbs." 



"They have 

 manes, too, and 

 their tails end in 

 tufts of long hair. 

 Yes, they are ba- 

 boons, but there's 

 little difference, 

 after all, between 

 them and the reg- 

 ular style oi 

 monkeys." 



"There's a fun- 

 ny-looking one," 

 added Bob. 



His friend had 

 noticed the ani- 

 mal before hia 

 attention was di- 

 rected to it. It was unusually large, and the 

 abundant mane, instead of being of a plain, 

 dark color, was oddly flecked with white, as 

 though the creature was becoming gray in 

 spots. 



The baboons were going through all sorts 



of performances, hopping over each other, running toward the fire, as if they meant 

 to jump into it, skurrying off again into the high grass, where, after being out of 

 sight for a few moments, they suddenly shot into view once more, and then, standing 

 still, some of them indulged in the luxury of makinff grimaces at the amused lads. 



A SLY THIBF. 



