DISGUSTING CHARACTER OF THE MANDRILL. 63 



taken young, and supposed to be tame, it should never be trusted, more 

 especially in the vicinity of females. Captivity does not tone down in 

 any way the violence of its character. 



In its native country the Mandrill is hated and feared, and, unless in 

 large numbers and well armed, the negroes hesitate about attacking 

 them. Like other baboons, they assault human females, and even in cap- 

 tivity the male baboons always make a great distinction between their 

 visitors of either sex. Sometimes they are so jealous in their disposition 

 that they throw themselves into a transport of rage if any attentions be 

 paid to a lady within their sight. 



This curious propensity was once made the means of recapturing a 

 large baboon that had escaped from its cage in the Jardin des Plantes, in 

 Paris. 



It had already baffled many attempts to entice it to its home, and 

 when force was tried, repelled the assailants, severely wounding several 

 of the keepers. At last a ready-witted keeper hit upon a plan which 

 proved eminently successful. 



There was a little window at the back of the cage, and when the 

 keeper saw the baboon in front of the open door, he brought a young 

 lady to the window and pretended to kiss her. The sight of this pro- 

 ceeding was too much for the jealous feeling of the baboon, which flew 

 into the cage for the purpose of exterminating the offending keeper. 

 Another keeper was stationed in ambush near the cage, and the moment 

 the infuriated animal entered the den, he shut and fastened the door. 



Cuvier observes of a Mandrill that he studied : " It recognized cer- 

 tain women in a crowd, and called them by voice and gesture, and there 

 can be no doubt that, if it had been at liberty, it would have done them 

 harm." 



Among these animals, there are some which preserve their docility 

 for a long time. We have an instance of this in the one which was 

 exhibited some time ago in London, and which in consequence of its 

 intelligence acquired considerable reputation. This monkey, named 

 Happy Jerry, seated himself with an air of hauteur in a carriage, drank 

 porter out of a pewter-pot, and smoked a pipe with all becoming 

 gravity. 



The Drill, Mormon lcucopJia;us, is smaller than the Mandrill, his 

 hair olive-brown, the whiskers dirty-white, the face black, the hands and 

 feet copper-colored, the callosities bright red. It was once thought to 



