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damage, especially during harvest. Kolbe relates that the 
|l Chacma has sometimes the audacity to steal from a traveller his 
provisions, and, after getting a safe distance with them, im- 
pudently mocks by grimaces the unfortunate individual it has 
robbed. 
The Chacma is vindictive ; but as it is at the same time intelli- 
Fig. 255. —The Papio (Cynocephalus sphinx). 
gent, when taken young it may be trained to some extent, and 
made useful. The inhabitants of the Cape employ it to watch 
their houses, a task which it performs with the greatest vigi- 
lance. It is also employed, like trained Dogs, to find roots or 
