The Kilima-Njaro Expedition by Harry Johnston

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I will precede the enumeration of my zoological collections by a short sketch of the main features of the Kilima-njaro _fauna_.

To begin with our near kinsfolk, the monkeys. I found these creatures much more abundantly present in East Central Africa than during my journeys on the West Coast. Although Western Africa is probably better provided with species of quadrumana than any other division of the continent, the monkeys are much scarcer in numbers and harder to see, possibly owing to the greater density of the forests.

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