2 THE MONKEYFOLK OF SOUTH AFRICA 



Scientific men think they first of all came from the 

 caves of Asia, and by degrees were driven farther and 

 farther south by stronger folk, until their advance guard 

 suddenly appeared in our land. 



PIGMIES 



These interlopers were not of our race. No, they were 

 different in shape, although their habits were the same as 

 ours. Your folk would say they were more intelligent, 

 and belonged to the human family. Well, anyhow they 

 very soon made us acknowledge them our masters. These 

 little fellows were brownish-yellow. Their noses were flat, 

 so that if you put a plank against their faces, it would 

 touch their foreheads, noses, and chins, all at the same time. 

 Their heads were covered with little knobs of wool, curled 

 tightly, and looked like pepper-corns stuck all over their 

 skulls. They had little beady black eyes like ours, and their 

 mouths were as big as ours too, only their lips were thicker. 

 They walked upright, and when it was cold wore the skins 

 of the different kinds of wild creatures sewn together with 

 sinews. These cloaks are called karosses. 



A COUNCIL OF WAR WAS HELD 



Our people gathered together and held ever so many 

 Councils of War. We first tried to frighten these little 

 people away by barking at them, and pretending to be very 

 fierce, but they didn't seem to fear us much. Then we 

 decided to attack them in great force. We organised our 

 attack, and made a sudden onslaught, making all the noise 

 we possibly could. Our enemies scattered in all directions. 

 Some cHmbed trees, and others hid behind rocks on the hill- 

 side. Thinking we had terrified them, we rushed recklessly 

 forward. Then, from here, there, everywhere, little things 



