4 GREEN MONKEY. 



They are about two feet in height ; and their usual 

 colour is olive-brown on the back, and yellowish on the 

 belly. Their countenance is not unlike that of a withered 

 and wrinkled old man. 



Baboons. 



Common Baboon. Few animals are more untractable 

 and mischievous than these. If kept in a domestic 

 state, it is absolutely necessary to confine them in strong 

 cages of iron. They produce only one young one at a 

 birth. This they nurse with the greatest affection, dand- 

 ling it in their arms, and hugging it to their bosom. 

 Their native country is Africa. 



In height they frequently measure as much as three 

 or four feet. Towards the middle of the body they are 

 extremely slender. The face is long, and somewhat of a 

 dirty flesh-colour. The general colour of the body is a j 

 greyish brown. 



Mandril. These are the large blue-faced Baboons so ) 

 common, and at the same time so ferocious and dis- } 

 gusting, in almost all exhibitions of wild beasts. In the 

 forests on the sea-coasts of Africa and Asia, they live 

 in large troops. Their strength is enormous, and the 

 tricks they play are sometimes extremely mischievous i 

 and unpleasant. They feed principally on vegetables 

 and fruit. 



Monkeys. 



Green Monkey. It is almost impossible that any crea- 

 ture should be more agile and frolicsome than this little 

 Monkey. One of them, which was allowed to run about 

 the deck of His Majesty's ship Warrior, would mount 

 the back of any animal that came in its way, for the pur- 

 pose of riding. 



