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face. The limbs partake of the character of the body, with the exception of the fore-legs, and 

 paws, and the hinder feet, on which the fur is nearly black. 



The baboons are more quadrupedal in their gait than any of the animals hitherto described, 

 their formation being well adapted to such a style of progression. Even in walking some 

 three or four steps, they seldom move otherwise than on all-fours, and when at liberty in their 

 native haunts, are almost invariably seen either to walk like a dog, or to sit in the usual 



GELADA. Cynocephalus gelaiia. 



monkey fashion, discarding all attempts to imitate the human attitude. Sometimes they wiD 

 stand in a tolerably erect posture for a few moments if they are desirous of looking at a distant 

 object, or of playing some of their fantastic pranks ; but even in that case, they usually aid 

 themselves by resting a paw on any convenient support. 



Their paces are generally of two kinds, a walk when they are at leisure and uninterrupted 

 in their proceedings, and a gallop when they are alarmed, or otherwise hurried. The walk is 

 remarkable for its jaunty impertinence, and must be seen before it can be properly appreciated. 

 There is an easy, undulating swagger of the whole person, and a pretentious carriage of the 

 tail, that, aided by the quick cunning blink of the little deep-set eyes, imparts an indescribable 

 air of effrontery to the animal. This characteristic action is admirably hit off by the artist 

 in the figures depicted in the engraving on page 56. Their pace, when hurried, is a gallop, 

 somewhat resembling that of a dog. 



