MONKEYS. ^ 
ternal feeling of some female baboon, bereft 
of ber own offspring, rather than by any fero- 
cious or mischievous propensity. 
This conjecture is corroborated by the 
strong attachment of these animals to their 
young. » Of this attachment,” says Mr. Prin- 
gle, » I have frequently witnessed very affect- 
I’^g instances when a band of them happened 
fo be discovered in the ordiards or corn-fields. 
On such occasions, when hunted back to the 
mountains with dogs and guns, the females, if 
accidentally separated from their young, would 
often, careless of their own safety, return to 
search for them through the very midst of 
their pursuers. On more peaceful occasions 
f have often contemplated them wdth great 
interest. It is their practice to descend from 
their rocky fastnesses, in order to enjoy them- 
selves on the banks of the mountain-rivulets, 
and to feed on the nutritious bulbs which 
grow in the rich alluvial soil of the valleys. 
