MONKEY BABIES. 



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ground, and if in a hurry they gallop, but they 

 are not often seen on trees. 



The little baboon is a jolly fellow, always 

 full of pranks and jokes, such as slyly pulling 

 the tail of some dignified old fellow. But this 

 performance turns out not so funny if he gets 

 caught, for a pinch or a bite is the pay he gets. 

 Like other little folk, the baboon baby some- 

 times loses his temper, and the ways he takes to 

 show his anger and to threaten the enemy are 

 very strange. He opens his mouth wide as if 

 yawning, or he pounds his fist on the ground as 

 a naughty child will do. 



As they grow old, like many other animals, 

 and especially monkeys, they grow more savage 

 and cross, and of course are not so interesting. 

 But they are very cunning. They go in large 

 parties together, and often visit the crops of the 

 farmer. When they do this they keep watchers 

 on the lookout, and, though usually quite noisy 

 fellows, they are as quiet as any other thieves 

 who know they are taking what does not belong 

 to them. If an unlucky baby chances to make 

 a noise he gets a smart slap, and naturally he 

 soon learns to keep still when on an excursion 

 of that sort. This fellow lives in Africa, and 

 his name is Cynocejihalus Hamadryas. 



