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AS TO BABOONS. 



regions of the Nile, but there are plenty left in Central and South Africa. I hare 

 some other work I want to finish before we attack them." 



" It will be a job to transport a hippopotamus or rhinoceros to Port Natal." 



"Altogether too big a job to move one thither unless he is quite small. We 

 shall have to follow the rule that prevails with other animals kill the parents and 

 carry off the little ones before they are big enough to cause trouble." 



The night continued calm and still, and, after standing on the edge of the camp 

 for a short time, the three friends sauntered back to where the fire had begun to 

 smolder again. 



They had sat there but a brief while, when the growing light in the east proved 

 that the eventful night had come to an end, and another day was at hand. 



LONG-NOSED MONKEYS. 



