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THE MAN-LIKE APES 



and the lips thin. The face, which is covered by a white skin, 

 is monstrously ugly, being all over wrinkled as with old age ; 

 the teeth broad and yellow ; the hands have no more hair than 

 the face, but the same white skin, though all the rest of the 

 body is covered with long black hair, like a bear. They never 

 go upon all-fours, like apes ; but cry, when vexed or teased, just 

 like children 



FIG. 5. Facsimile of William Smith's figure of the " Mandrill," 

 1744. 



'When I was at Sherbro, one Mr. Cummerbus, whom I 

 shall have occasion hereafter to mention, made me a present of 

 one of these strange animals, which are called by the natives 

 Boggoe : it was a she-cub, of six months' age, but even then 

 larger than a Baboon. I gave it in charge to one of the slaves, 

 who knew how to feed and nurse it, being a very tender sort <r>f 

 animal ; but whenever I went off the deck the sailors began to 

 teaze it some loved to see its tears and hear it cry; others 



