THE DRILL. 



deeply grooved, and the ridges are bedizened with the cerulean tint above 

 mentioned. Lines of brilliant scarlet and deep pnrple alternate with the blue, 

 and the extremity of the muzzle blazes with a fieiy red. That all things should 

 be equally balanced, the opposite end of the body is plenteously charged with a 

 ruddy violet, that is pemiittcd to give its full effect, by the pert, upright carnage 



of the tail. 



The general coloiu* of the fur is of an olive brown tint, fading into grey on the 

 under side of the limbs, and the chin is decorated with a small yellow pointed 

 beard. The muzzle is remarkable for a kind of nm or border, which is not unlike 

 the coiTcsponding part in a hog, and is well shown in the engraving. The eare 

 are small, devoid of fur, and of a black colour with a tinge of blue. 



The Mandrill is an inhabitant of Guinea. 



DRILL. — Pajno Leucophcem. 



The Drill, co-native with the Mandrill, of the coast of Guinea, somewhat 

 resembles the female or young male mandiill, and is not of quite so savage and 

 grotesque an aspect as that animal. 



Its cheek-bones arc not nearly so protuberant as those of the mandrill, nor is 



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