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BABOON, survey of the baboon kind, iii. 278. Fierce, mali- 

 cious, ignorant, and untractable ; its description ; impelled 

 by a hatred for the males of the human species, and a desire 

 for women ; the Chevalier Forbin relates, that in Siam whole 

 troops will sally forth, plunder the houses of provisions, and 

 endeavour to force the women ; manner of robbing an orchard 

 or vineyard at the Cape of Good Hope ; the female brings 

 forth one at a time, carries it in her arms, clinging to her 

 breast ; at the Cape of Good Hope the young of these ani- 

 mals are taught to guard houses, and perform the duty with 

 punctuality; they seem insensible of the mischief they do; 

 a baboon described by M. Buffon ; their food ; are not found 

 to breed in our climate ; are not carnivorous ; their liver, 

 like that of a dog, divided into six lobes ; the largest of the 

 kind is the mandril ; its description ; displeased, it weeps 

 like a child ; is a native of the Gold Coast ; that called wan- 

 derow chiefly seen in the woods of Ceylon aod Malabar ; 

 its description ; the mairaon of Buffon, by Edwards called 

 the pig-tail, the last of the sort, its description ; a native of 

 Sumatra, 295, &c. 

 Baby, the name of a dwarf, whose complete history is very 



accurately related by M. Daubenton, ii. 107. 

 Babyrouessa, the Indian hog, its description; travellers call 

 it the hog of Borneo ; in what manner it escapes the pur- 

 suers; has enormous tusks of fine ivory; less dangerous than 

 the wild boar ; the tusks have points directed to the eyes, 

 and sometimes grow into them ; these animals, in a body, 

 are seen with the wild boars, with which they are not known 

 to engender ; are easily tamed ; have a way of reposing dif- 

 ferent from other animals of the larger kind, by hitching 

 one of their upper tusks on the branch of a tree, and suf- 

 fering their whole body to swing down at ease ; they are 

 fierce and terrible when offended, and peaceable and harm- 

 less when unmolested ; their flesh good to be eaten, but 

 said to putrefy in a short time ; they chiefly live upon vege- 

 tables and the leaves of trees ; are found in the island of 

 Borneo, and in other parts of Asia and Africa, ii. 382, &c. 

 Bacon finely remarks, that the investigation of final causes is 

 a barren study, i. 16. His hints for a regular history of the 

 winds, 289. Observes that most of the disorders incident 

 to mankind arise from the changes and alterations of the 

 atmosphere; his observations upon fishes, v. 19. Asserts 

 that toads are found lodged in the bosom of rocks, or cased 

 within the body of an oak tree, without the smallest access 

 on any side either for nourishment or air, 277. 

 Badger, a solitary stupid animal ; forms a winding hole, and 



