BABOON . — Ci/nocf'phalus Babouin. 



The Common Baboon is quite as curious an animal as the Chacma, but as it is 

 not so familiar in a wild state, comparatively little is known of its habits. It 

 associates in large companies ; each band being placed under the command of a 

 leader who exercises his dominion over his subordinates. 



Like all animals which assemble in flocks, they never rest or move without the 

 protection of certain sentries, which are chosen out of their number, and which 

 keep the most careful watch over the troop to which they belong. The duty is 



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