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elephants. Suddenly there was a terrific uproar in 

 the tops of the trees. A large bunch of baboons 

 had settled down for sleep. When they saw us, 

 they came shinning down the trees all aroimd us. 

 Some of them slid down in such a rush that their 

 hands and feet must have been blistered. Some- 

 times six or seven would collide with one or another, 

 landing on each other's heads and shoulders, all 

 falling to the ground in a bunch. Others would 

 jump when they got near the ground, landing with a 

 gnmt and a thud. 



Babies fell off their mothers' shoulders. Others 

 were abandoned in the tree- tops, screaming and 

 crying and trying to scramble down. I saw one 

 mother, torn between curiosity and love of her baby, 

 glance first at us and then back into the tree- tops. 

 Finally her mother instinct got control and she 

 clambered back to her little one while we went along 

 to bed. 



It might be interesting to record just what boys 

 accompany us each day on these jaunts. Here is our 

 usual list : 



2 Camera bearers. 



I Tripod bearer, carrying two tripods. 



I Boy with the lens case. 



I Boy with the Press Graflex and tripod. 



T Boy with a case of loaded film magazines. 



I Boy with two cases of loaded plate holders. 



