156 ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA 



A troop of baboons drinking in company with a herd 

 of impala or other antelope, or, in perfect mutual amity, 

 strolling about, is however, a far from uncommon 

 sight, and this would never occur did the latter fear any 

 danger to themselves or offspring. Probably, in any 

 attacks which may have been made on human beings, 



CHACMA BABOON AT A DRINKING-PLACE 



(One of the very few genuine snapshots ever taken of a wild baboon at close quarters in its 

 natural surroundings) 



fear, and the anger born of fear, were the factors at 

 work, for baboons will often combine to try and scare 

 or drive off any creature which threatens or injures one 

 of the community. The attitude which they adopt 

 against a leopard is well illustrated in Sir Percy Fitz- 

 patrick's " Jock of the Bushveld," and is no doubt typical 

 of that usually assumed when their enemy is one which 

 they have good reason to dread. Not long ago a leopard 



