Behaviour of Baboons 137 



place called Colgong, on the River Ganges. Re- 

 turning home in the evening we saw a troop of 

 Baboons seated on a ledge of rocks; among 

 them was a female with a young one close be- 

 side her. One of our party, without a moment's 

 thought, fired and killed the young ape; its 

 body rolled down the rock, and was instantly 

 followed by the older ape, evidently the young 

 one's mother. On reaching the dead body she 

 took it up in her arms, fondled it, and uttered 

 the most piteous wail, which attracted a crowd 

 of her companions, several of whom joined her 

 in her lamentations. The behaviour of these 

 apes indicated a distinctly high tone of instinc- 

 tive action; grief, and, as we have stated, sym- 

 pathy, being innate qualities common to the 

 same orders of animals under like conditions in 

 all parts of the world. Thus, on Darwin's 

 authority, the traveller Brehm, while in Abys- 

 sinia, encountered a troop of Baboons which at 

 the time were crossing a valley. Some of them 

 had already ascended the opposite rocks, and 

 some were still in the valley; these latter were 

 attacked by some dogs and driven away with 

 the exception of one young animal, who was left 



