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MONKEYS. 
While thus occupied, they usually take care 
to be within reach of some steep crag or pre- 
cipice, to which they may fly for refuge on 
the appearance of an enemy ; and some of 
their number are always stationed as sen- 
tinels on large stones or other elevated situa- 
tions, in order to give timely W'arning to the 
rest of the approach of danger. It has fre- 
quently been my lot, when riding through 
these secluded valleys, to come suddenly, 
when turning the corner of a rock, upon a 
troop of forty or fifty baboons, thus quietly 
congregated. Instantly, on my appearance, a 
cry of alarm would be raised by the sentinels ; 
and then the whole band would scamper 
off with the utmost precipitation. Off" they 
would go, hobbling on all fours, after their 
awkward fashion on level ground ; then splash- 
ing through the stream, if they had it to cross ; 
then scrambling with most marvellous agility 
up the rocky cliffs, often many hundred feet 
