ILLUSTRATIONS 



VERVET MONKEY OR BLAAUW-AAPJE . Frontispiece 



VERVET MONKEYS LYING CONCEALED : (a) 



AMONGST THE BRANCHES ; (6) PEER- 

 ING OVER A BRANCH . . .To face page i 

 VERVET MONKEYS : MALE, FEMALE, AND 



TWINS ...... 4 



AN ALBINO VERVET MONKEY ... 6 



THREE VERVET MONKEYS SQUABBLING OVER 



A MEALIE ..... ,, n 



A MOTHER VERVET MONKEY AND HER BABY 13 



A BABY VERVET MONKEY, BORN AT THE 



PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM . 16 



COMPLETE SKELETON OF VERVET MONKEY 



OR BLAAUW-AAPJE .... 18 



FOREST HOME OF THE VERVET MONKEYS 



OF SOUTH AFRICA .... 20 



SAMANGO MONKEY : ADULT AND A YOUNG 



ONE ....... 23 



HANDS AND FEET OF APES . . . page 27 



A CHACMA BABOON .... To face page 26 



THE SKULL OF A MALE CHACMA BABOON . ,, 29 



A YOUNGSTER OF THE BABOON FOLK 



EATING A BANANA .... ,, 34 



A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN KRANTZ . 47 



COMPLETE SKELETON OF A FEMALE BABOON ,, 48 



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