158 ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA 



Baboons are rather soft, and easily killed. When 

 angry or frightened young ones scream and chatter at 

 the top of their voices ; when pleased they utter a soft 

 " m'm, m'm." They make delightful pets when still 

 immature, but after they are grown up become in many 

 ways a great nuisance, while the males, as they get older, 

 become more and more morose and bad-tempered, and 

 generally have either to be sent to some zoo, or destroyed 

 as dangerous. 



THE YELLOW BABOON. North of the Zambezi the 

 place of the Chacma is taken by this closely allied type, 

 which is widely distributed through north-eastern, eastern, 

 and central Africa, as far as Angola on the west. 



The Yellow Baboon is, as its name applies, of a much 

 lighter colour than the Chacma, though, as with the latter 

 species, the colour is by no means constant throughout 

 its range. It is altogether a lankier and less heavily 

 built animal than its cousin, with long limbs, and a 

 relatively light body. Its habits are similar, and I saw 

 large troops raiding native gardens near the coast in 

 Portuguese territory near Ibo. 



Several other species are described, of which the best 

 known is the Mandrill from the forests of equatorial 

 Africa. It is a large and powerfully built animal, and 

 is easily to be distinguished by the bright blue and red 

 markings of the bare portions of the face. 



THE GELADA BABOONS. Two species of these are 

 described from north-eastern Africa. The nostrils are 

 on the side, instead of, as in the Common Baboon, on the 

 front of the muzzle ; the tail is long, and the head and 

 upper parts of the body decorated with a mantle of 

 long hair. 



THE LEMUKS. The lemurs belong to a family of animals 

 which has no other representative in Africa. At the 



