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  PAPIO 
  

  

  patiently 
  until 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  his 
  human 
  rivals 
  had 
  slaked 
  his 
  thirst 
  and 
  

   that 
  of 
  his 
  cattle. 
  Around, 
  the 
  females 
  were 
  mainly 
  occupied 
  in 
  taking 
  

   care 
  of 
  the 
  young, 
  the 
  smaller 
  monkeys 
  amusing 
  themselves 
  by 
  gam- 
  

   bolling 
  about; 
  occasionally, 
  if 
  a 
  young 
  monkey 
  became 
  too 
  noisy 
  or 
  

   interfered 
  with 
  the 
  repose 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  seniors, 
  he 
  'caught 
  it/ 
  in 
  the 
  

   most 
  unmistakable 
  style 
  and 
  was 
  dismissed 
  with 
  many 
  cuffs, 
  a 
  wiser 
  if 
  

   not 
  a 
  better 
  Monkey. 
  

  

  "Cynocephalus 
  hamadryas 
  feeds 
  on 
  small 
  fruits, 
  berries, 
  and 
  seeds, 
  

   and 
  often 
  on 
  buds 
  of 
  trees, 
  and 
  on 
  young 
  shoots. 
  On 
  the 
  highlands 
  

   I 
  frequently 
  saw 
  troops 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  fields, 
  engaged 
  in 
  searching 
  for 
  

   the 
  'quentee' 
  the 
  small 
  tubers 
  of 
  Cyperus 
  esculentus, 
  which 
  appeared 
  

   also 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  resource 
  of 
  the 
  half 
  starved 
  people 
  in 
  Tigre. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  is 
  rarely 
  ever 
  seen 
  on 
  trees. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  avoid 
  

   woods, 
  and 
  to 
  keep 
  mainly 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  country, 
  preferring, 
  as 
  already 
  

   mentioned, 
  rocky 
  precipices. 
  Hence 
  its 
  habits 
  differ 
  entirely 
  from 
  

   those 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  Indian 
  Monkeys 
  which 
  are 
  tree 
  loving 
  animals, 
  and 
  

   indeed 
  from 
  Monkeys 
  in 
  general. 
  It 
  climbs 
  heavily 
  and 
  clumsily 
  for 
  a 
  

   Monkey, 
  and 
  when 
  moving 
  quickly 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  had 
  a 
  steady 
  regular 
  

   gallop 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  bounding 
  movements 
  of 
  a 
  Presbytes 
  (Pyga- 
  

   thrix). 
  

  

  "Doubtless 
  the 
  association 
  in 
  such 
  very 
  large 
  herds 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  

   measure 
  adopted 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  defence 
  against 
  its 
  enemies. 
  From 
  

   their 
  size 
  and 
  great 
  power 
  of 
  jaw 
  the 
  old 
  males 
  are 
  most 
  formidable 
  

   antagonists, 
  and 
  their 
  boldness 
  in 
  resenting 
  injury 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  

   proportion 
  to 
  their 
  power. 
  Brehm 
  ('Reise 
  nach 
  Habesch,' 
  p. 
  88) 
  

   relates 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  their 
  attacking 
  a 
  Leopard 
  which 
  had 
  carried 
  off 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  herd, 
  and 
  many 
  stories 
  are 
  current 
  in 
  Abyssinia 
  of 
  their 
  

   attacking 
  men. 
  Mr. 
  Munzinger 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  once 
  he, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   companions, 
  were 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  herd, 
  which 
  barred 
  their 
  

   path, 
  and 
  were 
  so 
  threatening 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  obliged 
  to 
  shoot 
  one 
  in 
  self- 
  

   defence. 
  Even 
  then, 
  although 
  they 
  fell 
  back 
  a 
  little, 
  the 
  Monkeys 
  did 
  

   not 
  run 
  away. 
  

  

  "I 
  cannot 
  help 
  thinking, 
  however, 
  that 
  these 
  Monkeys 
  rarely 
  attack 
  

   men, 
  as 
  otherwise 
  some 
  instances 
  would 
  have 
  happened 
  in 
  the 
  expedi- 
  

   tionary 
  force 
  and 
  I 
  never 
  heard 
  of 
  any. 
  Near 
  the 
  passes 
  the 
  flocks 
  of 
  

   Cynocephalus 
  soon 
  became 
  wary, 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  frequently 
  fired 
  at. 
  

   Young 
  animals 
  when 
  captured, 
  quickly 
  became 
  tame 
  and 
  docile, 
  but 
  

   not 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  as 
  Cercopithecus." 
  

  

  The 
  Simla 
  cynomolgos 
  Linn., 
  founded 
  upon 
  Hasselquist's 
  Simia 
  

   czgyptiaca 
  is 
  doubtless 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  therefore 
  becomes 
  a 
  

   synonym. 
  

  

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