Show r ra aboon lioon soldiers sian man is not the only animal who ear car rles ries on his warfare by means of 0 organized bands and calls in the forces of nature to assist him the german naturalist muralist fist and traveler brehm witnessed in central africa fights that were conducted in as orderly a manner as it tile the warriors had been really men mea instead of only somewhat like them in ili form says the youths companion the actors in the play were nere baboons babions and their enemies 3 were nere in one case the travelers dogs though the baboons babions were leady to fight with any creature that attacked them man only excepted and he owed its his exemption solely to the fact that the b abrons baboons could not often gain a point ot of vantage the naturalist himself was ones once stoned out of a pa pas s in a deiy few minutes by these creatures who sprang upon ledges and stones looked down tor for a few moments ou all the valley growling ill snarling and screaming and then began to roll down stones with so much vigor and that the intruders took to flight the baboons babions evidently knew the value ot of co opera tion tor for the naturalists natura lists saw two ot of them combine their efforts in order to set a particularly heavy stone rolling one monkey bent on making the most ot of his missile was seen to carry a stone up tip a tree that he be might hurl it with greater effect on tile the occasion when the dogs attacked the baboons babions the baboons babions were crossings cros sinca singa valley and as usual during a march the females and young were in ili the center the males heading the column and bringing up tile the rear atho athe As dogs rusi rushed lied upon them only the females took to flight the males turned and faced the enemy growling beating the ground ali with their hands hand and opening their mouths wide so as to chow their glittering teeth they looked EO 11 fierce alerce and malicious that the dogs arab grey hounds accustomed to fight successfully with hyenas and other beasts beaks of prey shrank iiran back by the time they werf encouraged to renew the attack thi th whole herd had made its way covered by the rear guard to the rocks one 6 months old monkey alone except excepted eI this little monkey sat on oil a rock surrounded by the dogs but he be was not no long left in ill his perilous position an all old baboon stepped from a cliff near by advanced toward tho the dogs keeping keepin them in check by ning gest gestures and sounds picked up ill the baby monkey and carried it to 0 ft place of 0 safety on the cliff while tev whole crowd 01 ol baboons babions watched the act of 0 hero isu and shouted their battle cry |