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wonder that the men ^vi-re not sanguine. They had lost 

 their horses by the epidemic which at that time raged 

 amongst the animals, and they were left isolated, whilst 

 their fellow-soldiers had proceeded to the front. No 

 human being has fewer resources in himself than the 

 native of India. Many of them were suffering from 

 fever, mainly cau^t'l, I expect, by disgust. They were 

 removed and sent to the front shortly after. 



On rising the next morning I saw a singular spectacle. 

 A large troop of baboons, at least 200 in number, were 

 hunting for any corn dropped upon the ground in the place 

 where the horees had been picketed. They were the first 

 I had seen, though the sight of these uncouth monkeys 

 soon became familiar enough. The species {Cynoceplialus 

 liornaxlryas) is the well-known dog-faced baboon of 

 Xorth-eastern Africa and Arabia, the same which is 

 frequently represented on Egyptian monuments. The 

 male is a most formidable-looking animal, something 

 betn^een a lion and a French poodle in appearance, with. 

 long hair over his shoulders and foreparts. The day 

 before they had come into the commissariat enclosure, 

 and commenced pilfering the grain. 



The road from Hadoda to Wia was uninteresting. It 

 traversed an undulating plain of metamorphic rocks, 

 with thin jungle of thorny acacia trees. On the next day 

 I returned to Zulla, but before doing so I climbed a high 

 Mil close to Hadoda, in order to make out, so far as 

 possible, the general strike of the rocks, which, as is 

 commonly the case in metamorphic countries, especiaUy 

 where the dip is low, appeared irregular. On my way 



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