I20 THE MONKEYFOLK OF SOUTH AFRICA 



country called Guinea, which is at the Equator, on the 

 west side of Africa. 



THE MANDRILL 



The strangest-looking baboon-cousin of ours is known 

 as the Mandrill. His tribe live in West Central Africa. 

 The Mandrill is indeed a comical-looking fellow. He has 

 only got a stump for a tail. His head looks far too big 

 for his body. His face is dreadfully ugly. His shoulders 

 are high, and his back slopes rapidly down to his hind 

 quarters. His face is brilliant blue, purple, and vermilion, 

 and his eyes are hazel. In fact, he is just the sort of goblin- 

 like creature we sometimes see in dreams when we have 

 eaten too much for supper. 



The Mandrills live in large troops and are very bold. 

 The natives are very much afraid of them. 



There used to be a Mandrill in the London Zoo. He 

 drank alcohol and smoked tobacco. In fact, he became 

 quite degenerate, just like you humanfolk when you get 

 too fond of alcohol and tobacco. The word mandrill 

 means " man-ape." " Drill " is an old English word which 

 means ape or baboon. 



There is a close relation of the Mandrill, who also lives 

 in West Central Africa. He is in general shape very much 

 like the Mandrill, but his face is not brightly coloured, and 

 he is smaller. He is called a Drill. 



EXTINCT BABOONFOLK 



We baboonfolk can trace our ancestors away back into 

 the very far-distant past, when great monsters, which are 

 long since extinct, roamed the earth. In the northern 

 parts of India, fossil remains of baboonfolk have been found 

 by naturaHst men. Judging from the deposits in which 



