LEOPARD AND BABOON 



killed the python. It was such a strange and wonderful 

 experience he had not the heart to shoot the victor. 



I have often taken part in camp-fire discussions 

 on the subject of the most dangerous animal to tackle 

 in the wilds. The general opinion is that if the hunter 

 does not know the ways of the animal the buffalo 

 is the most dangerous. 



I think the public looking upon photographs of 

 them think of these as the least dangerous of African 

 animals. To all intents and purposes they seem just 

 so many wild cattle, differing very little in appearance 

 from the oxen one may see grazing in a meadow at 

 home. It is just as well that this opinion should be 

 corrected. 



Ill 



During my last expedition I was sitting outside 

 my tent preparatory to putting my camera on the 

 tripod ready for any photographic opportunities that 

 might come along, when a leopard dashed through 

 the camp in the direction of a baboon seated upon some 

 rocks above. 



I imagine he did not catch the baboon, for he came 

 back at night on to a rock close to my tent, and gave 

 me to understand quite clearly that he objected to my 



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