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probably near the hill I was in search of. After scrambling 

 through a deep swamp we emerged into a palm forest thickly 

 tenanted by baboons. These were enormous, some of them 



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over 5 ft. high and with very thick dark grey or brown fur. 

 They always saw or heard me coming, as I could not get 

 through the thick grass which was here 3 ft. high without 

 making a noise, especially as the going was not at all easy, 

 owing to big holes which they had dug at the bottom of most 

 of the palm-trees to get at the young roots. Most of these 

 holes were already overgrown with grass, and could not be 

 seen. Over and over again one of the apes would climb a 

 tree in the distance to see if I was still following, and then go 

 on to another tree further off — though before my first shot 

 they had let me get quite near. They seemed to go about in 



