In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
beautiful. We had some of these for pets once, 
but the “ drivers” killed them all in one night. 
1 shot but one monkey. This was a large 
black one which acted in such a way that I 
thought it safest to fire on it; but when my wife 
saw it, she begged me not to shoot another. 
While its head was hanging down over the 
back of a native boy, it looked for all the world 
like a human baby. They are all so troublesome, 
however, that 1 came very near shooting another 
soon after. 1 noticed that a large animal of 
tawny color was stealthily following me through 
the grass and 1 took a position and prepared to 
shoot it when it showed itself. As my gun was 
charged with ball, I did not feel alarmed. When 
it did appear it was a large monkey following 
me through curiosity. 1 raised my gun to fire 
but it appeared to be so harmless that I could 
not pull the trigger. After regarding me with 
averted face for a while, it slunk away without 
the slightest show of hostility. 
I really had no hunting adventures that could 
be called dangerous. Once when creeping 
through the high grass I came suddenly upon a 
large python. I retired. I returned to the spot 
after getting sufficiently composed to shoot with 
good aim, but it was gone. The sudden appari- 
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