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grayish-brown. The face is of a tawny flesh-color, with a 

 tuft of hair on each side and surmounted by a large bunch, 

 giving the animal a ludicrous appearance. Baboons 

 abound in Siam, where they frequently sally forth in mul- 

 titudes to attack the 

 villages when the 

 peasants are busy 

 in the rice-harvest, 

 and plunder their 

 habitations of what- 

 ever provisions they 

 can lay their paws 

 on. Fruit, corn, and 

 roots are their usual 

 food, though they 

 will also eat flesh. 



4. "The army of 

 Alexanderthe Great 

 marched in com- 

 plete battle array ' The itoboon. 

 into a country in- 

 habited by great numbers of baboons and encamped there 

 for the night. The next morning, when the army was 

 about to proceed on its march, the soldiers saw at some 

 distance an enormous number of baboons drawn up in 

 rank and flle like a small army with such regularity, that 

 the Macedonians, who could have no idea of such a ma- 

 noeuvre, imagined at first that it was the enemy drawn up 

 to receive them.'- 



5. The hoonuman, or entellus monkey, is venerated 

 by the Hindoos, who believe that if any person kills one 

 he will die within a year. This monkey is about three 

 feet high, has a yellowish body, and black face and hands. 

 The hair above the eyebrows forms an odd projection, 



