GELADA.—Gélada Ruppellii. 
numbers, they are nearly invincible in their own domains, whether of forest or cliff, 
bidding defiance to almost every enemy but man. 
Although more ready to shun an enemy than to attack, and always preserving the 
better part of valour, the y are terrible foes when they are brought to bay, and turn upon 
their enemies with the furious energy of despair. Active to a degree, and furnished with 
powerful limbs, they would be no despicable antagonists were their means of attack 
limited to hands and feet alone; but when their lone sharp teeth and massive jaws are 
thrown into the scale, it will be seen that hardly the leopard itself is a more formidable 
animal, 
The teeth are formed in a manner which peculiarly fits them for the mode of 
attack that is employed by all the baboons. The great canine teeth are long and 
pointed at their tips, while their inner ec dge is sharp as that of a knife, and can cut with 
more effect than many a steel weapon. 
Knowing well the power of the terrible armature with which he is gifted, the enraged 
baboon leaps upon his foe, and drawing it towards him with his hands rand feet, fixes his 
teeth in its throat until the sharp fangs meet together. He then violently pushes the 
miserable ageressor from him, so that the keen-edged teeth cut their way through the 
flesh, and inflict a wound that is often immediately fatal. 
In this manner they repel the attacks of dogs ; and woe be to the inexperienced hound 
who is foolish enough to venture its person within grasp of the baboon’s feet or hands. 
