then we sat down in the shade to eat the food we had brought with us.

"Do you see those nuts at the top of the trees, Fritz ?" said I.

"To be sure I do; but they are far too high to reach. Look, look!" he
cried, "there are some MON-KEYS; let me have a shot at them."
"Do not do that," I said, and held his arm; "it will do us no good to
kill them, and I think I can make use of them." With that I threw some
stones up at the tree where they were, though they had got safe out of
my reach. They then made a loud noise, took hold of the nuts that were
near, and flung them straight at us. The trick made Fritz laugh, who
soon had hard work to pick up the nuts that were thrown at him.

We broke some of the nuts, and put the juice of the canes in the thick
white cream which forms close to the shell; and this made us a dish
that Fritz said was fit for a king.

Fritz and I then made fast some nuts to a string, which I tied round my
waist, while he took up his canes, and we both set off on our road home.


CHAPTER IV.

ON our way back we took up the gourd bowls and plates, which we found
quite dry and hard as bone, and put them in our bags. We had scarce got
through the wood, when Turk made a dart in front of us, and we saw a
troop of apes rush out of the way. But he gave a leap and brought down
one that could not climb so fast as the rest, for she had a young one
in her arms. Turk made short work of the poor thing, for ere Fritz
could call the dog off, the ape was dead. The young one, as soon as it