. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals ... found in the course of his travels . ld make a creditable addition to their family. Thebaboon is very bold, and fights desperately when attacked. The oldmales are very savage, and inflict terrible wounds with their longcanine teeth, which project considerably beyond the jaws, and havethe inner edges sharp as a knife. They strike these into any animalthat provokes them, and grasping it with their arms, thrust it
. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals ... found in the course of his travels . ld make a creditable addition to their family. Thebaboon is very bold, and fights desperately when attacked. The oldmales are very savage, and inflict terrible wounds with their longcanine teeth, which project considerably beyond the jaws, and havethe inner edges sharp as a knife. They strike these into any animalthat provokes them, and grasping it with their arms, thrust it awayfrom them, making a long deep gash. Some of the long-armed apes THE MONKEY TRIBES 245 have been known to kill frequently in this way other monkeys whichhad offended them and fallen into their power. But, like all wildcreatures, these animals have also their own dreaded foes, againstwhose wiles and steady approach even their great cunning avails butlittle. The leopard is the one they hold most in fear, and he oftensucceeds in snatching an individual from the midst of its is their consternation and indescribable the commotion occa-sioned among them at such an event. Rage and fear possess them at. SACRED BABOONOnce held sacred in Egypt the same moment, and to the desire for revenge, at the loss of one oftheir number, is added the reluctance to approach too near their sharp-clawed adversary, which exhibits the most supreme indifference totheir movements. Having gained a comparatively safe place ofretreat, they make all kinds of hideous grimaces at their feline admirer,the leopard, howling their anger, and making a liberal exhibition oftheir white teeth. At such times some important individual strides up 246 THE MONKEY TRIBES and down before the rest, conspicuous for his exhibition of impotentrage, and occasionally seizes some of the smaller of his brethren, and,by a- few savage bites that send them howling and disgusted away,shows what he would gladly do to hi
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