and sniffs the air, especially noting 

 the wind and its direction. It will then, 

 perhaps, change its course, and after 

 running for some distance take another 

 observation. Presently it will spy out 

 a blade of grass, pluck it up, turn it on 

 all sides, smell it, and then go forward 

 again. Thus the animal proceeds until 

 it leads the party to water. In this re- 

 spect at least, baboons have their uses, 

 and on occasions have been the bene- 

 factors of man. 



The baboons have, in common with 

 the natives, a great fondness for a kind 

 of liquor manufactured from the grain of 

 the durra or dohen. They often become 

 intoxicated and thus become easy of 

 capture. They have been known to 

 drink wine, but could not be induced to 

 taste whisky. When they become 

 completely drunk they make the most 

 fearful faces, are boisterous and brutal, 

 and present altogether a degrading 

 caricature of some men. 



As illustrating the characteristics of 

 fear and curiosity in the baboon, we 

 will quote the following from the per- 

 sonal experience of Dr. Brehm, the 

 celebrated traveler. He had a great 

 many pets, among others a tame lioness, 

 who made the guenons rather nervous, 

 but did not strike terror to the hearts 



of the courageous baboons. They used 

 to flee at her approach, but when she 

 really seemed to be about to attack one 

 of them, they stood their ground fairly 

 well. He often observed them as they 

 acted in this way. His baboons turned 

 to flee before the dogs, which he would 

 set upon them, but if a dog chanced to 

 grab a baboon, the latter would turn 

 round and courageously rout the 

 former. The monkey would bite, 

 scratch, and slap the dog's face so en- 

 ergetically that the whipped brute 

 would take to bis heels with a howl. 

 More ludicrous still seemed the terror 

 of the baboons of everything creeping, 

 and of frogs. The sight of an innocent 

 lizard or a harmless little frog would 

 bring them to despair, and they would 

 climb as high as their ropes would per- 

 mit, clinging to walls and posts in a 

 regular fit of fright. At the same time 

 their curiosity was such that they had 

 to take a closer look at the objects of 

 their alarm. Several times he brought 

 them poisonous snakes in tin boxes. 

 They knew perfectly well how danger- 

 ous the inmates of these boxes were, 

 but could not resist the temptation of 

 opening them, and then seemed fairly 

 to revel in their own trepidation. 



THE SUMMER POOL. 



Buchanan. 



There is a singing in the summer air. 



The blue and brown moths flutter o'er the grass, 



The stubble bird is creaking in the wheat. 



And, perched upon the honeysuckle hedge. 



Pipes the green linnet. Oh! the golden world— 



The star of life on every blade of grass. 



The motion and joy on every bough, 



The glad feast everywhere, for things that love 



The sunshine, and for things that love the shade. 



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