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...grand time. There is a kind of gray ape with white whiskers and a very long tail which abounds here. We had seen them several times from the train. Here they seemed to congregate, so I bought 4 els worth of roasted peas and the boy called. They came flocking from all directions big and little. They crowded close around us and I counted 51. They at out of my hand and were very tame. I wondered that there were no babies, but when we drove on, I saw several mothers hugging their tiny littel one to their bosoms. I hope the papa apes brought them some peas. In all I must have seen 100 apes that afternoon. That was a beat on any zoo I ever saw. The boy and I visited a wood carving place where I bought a small piece and a gold and silver working place...