. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. iki River. Theokapi is found in the little territory of Mboga,which is an outlying portion of the UgandaProtectorate. It is also found in the adjoining-province of the Congo Free State. Thissame forest, I believe, conceals other won-ders besides the okapi, not yet broughtto light, including enormous gorillas. Ihave seen photographs of these huge apes,taken from dead animals which have beenkilled by the natives and brought in to theBelgians. A carefiil search might revealseveral other strange additions to the worldsmammalian
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. iki River. Theokapi is found in the little territory of Mboga,which is an outlying portion of the UgandaProtectorate. It is also found in the adjoining-province of the Congo Free State. Thissame forest, I believe, conceals other won-ders besides the okapi, not yet broughtto light, including enormous gorillas. Ihave seen photographs of these huge apes,taken from dead animals which have beenkilled by the natives and brought in to theBelgians. A carefiil search might revealseveral other strange additions to the worldsmammalian fauna. Leopold at Brussels. The specimens nowunder examination, together with the livingones, all come from the Mangbettu country,where the okapi is said to exist in largenumbers, and goes about in small herds. In the first number of The Living Animals of the World a story was ^Baboon! ^°^^ °^ ^ baboon who worked the railway signals at a station up country in Cape Colony. Thanks to Mr. G. E. Fuller we are fortunate enough to be able to give in the first number of. From a PJiutuuy(il>li. THE BABOON AT UITENHAGE WORKING THE RAILWAY SIGNALS. Since Sir Harry Johnstons book went topress, very interesting further _ discoverieshave been made by the Belgians in thenorthern parts of the Congo Free State. Amore or less complete skeleton has beensecured, and also another skin, these havebeen examined at Brussels by zoological. experts and the result is a remarkable con-firmation of Sir Harrys original opinions,which were not always shared by ourmuseum authorities. It is also said thatten living okapis are now on their waydown to the Congo for despatch to King Annual Life, a photograph of this in-terestiiig animal, and also a few furtherparticulars. Uitenhage the . station inquestion is about 23 miles from PortElizabeth, and Wylde, the signalman,trained the baboon to such perfection thathe was able to sit in his cabin stuffingbirds, etc., while the animal, who waschained up outside, p
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