^ The Voices of the Wilderness 



A party of these wonderful creatures seems to be in good 

 humour, for their song comes to me in chorus unceasingly, 

 and in rising strength. '' Muruh-muruh-muruh-rrrrrrmuh 

 rrrrrrmiih-muriih quoi-quo-quo-quo-rrrr," it sounds, now 

 swelling strongly out, now gently dying away. These, 

 too, are doomed to death, who now are letting us hear 

 their primitive song, that in our days may so easily be 



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AN ALARUM-TURACO CHIZAERHIS LKUCOGASTRA) IN ITS PLACE OF SAFETY 

 AMONG THE ACACIA THORNS. 



their death-song ; for these monkeys are keenly hunted 

 for the sake of their beautiful fur, and their song often 

 betrays them to the hunter, eager for their spoils. Some 

 poisoned darts, which I find here with points as sharp 

 as needles, and which were once shot with a bad 

 aim at the litde monkeys, are evidence enough of this. 

 And again I hear the great wood ringing and echoing 



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