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be a young Mandrill, but its right to be a distinct species has been satis- 

 factorily proved. 



Of both these species we may truly say with Wood : " So odiously 

 disgusting are the habits in which these animals continually indulge, that, 

 as a general rule, their presence is offensive in the extreme, and excepting 

 or purposes of scientific investigation, it is better to shun the cage that 

 holds any specimen of these creatures. 



" There are now and then exceptional cases, but they are few and far 

 between ; and it is hardly possible to watch an adult baboon for many 

 minutes without incurring a risk of some shock to the nerves. Even 

 their exceeding cunning, and the crafty wiles which are hatched in their 

 fertile brains, cannot atone for their habitual offences against decorum. 



