WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



They drive the laggards on by deaHng them blows and 

 by boxing their ears; they jump on steep rocks or climb 

 trees to see if they must continue their flight. 



The baboon's sight is excellent. The ones which I 

 kept in my camp would recognize me at distances far 

 beyond the range of the human eye. 



It is highly interesting to observ'e a herd of baboons 

 when, about five in the afternoon, they go to their ac- 

 customed drinking-places. If they drink from a large 

 stream, they have to avoid the treacherous crocodiles. 

 Should one of these be seen, the monkevs retreat from 

 the water grunting and squeaking angrily. The old 

 males watch the crocodile from some elevated point, 

 tree or rock, and advise the herd when the danger has 

 passed. They again approach the stream, drinking 

 carefully and ready to run. The baboons prefer to 

 drink near shallows, because there they can notice in 

 time the approach of the reptiles. 



In entering the undrained part of the Masai lands, 

 the region of the "great East African basin," we often 

 meet in the mountains a dark-green species of baboon 

 {Papio neumanni mtsch) which O. Neumann discovered 

 there about 1890. They prefer to dwell in large herds 

 on the open mountain slopes, and rest at night among 

 steep rocks, where they are fairly safe from the leopards. 

 In the early morning one can see them sitting close 

 together on the top of large bowlders, shivering until the 

 warm sun brings them warmth. 



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