In South Africa baboons may be shot on sight as public enemies because of the damage they cause to crops. But on Spion Kop. famous as the scene of one of the most stubborn engagements of the Boer War. when Buller was trying to relieve Ladysmith, is a solitary “old man” baboon, who is regarded by a farmer in the district as a public benefactor. He steals maize, but acts as a watchdog over the sheep. For some time this farmer was. like other farmers, worried by thefts of sheep, but these have now ceased because the natives, who regard the baboons as being supernatural, are afraid of them, and will not make raids for fear of meeting the baboon, who comes down to steal maize. The curious thing is that the nearest baboons live in the Drakensberg Mountains. 30 miles from Suion Kop.^
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21938, 12 November 1936, Page 7
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