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which is, like that of a dog, divided into six 

 lobes. The lungs are more divided, the guts 

 in general are shorter, and the kidneys round- 

 er and flatter. 



The largest of the baboon kind is the 

 MANDRIL; an ugly, disgusting animal, with a 

 tail shorter than the former, though of a much 

 larger stature, being from four to five feet 

 high. The muzzle is still longer than that of 

 the preceding, it is of a bluish colour, and 

 strongly marked with wrinkles, which give it 

 a frightful appearance. But what renders it 

 truly loathsome is, that from the nose there 

 is always seen issuing a snot, which the ani- 

 mal takes care at intervals to lick off with its 

 tongue, and swallow. It is a native of the 

 Gold Coast ; it is said to walk more frequent- 

 ly erect than upon all-fours; and, when dis- 

 pleased, to weep like a child. There was 

 one of them shown in England some years 

 ago. It seemed tame, but stupid, and had a 

 method of opening its mouth and blowing at 

 such as came too near. 



The WANDEROW is a baboon rather less 

 than the former, with the body less compact 

 and muscular, and the hinder parts seemingly 

 more feeble. The tail is from seven to eight 

 inches long; the muzzle is prominent, as in 

 the rest of this kind ; but what particularly 

 distinguishes it, is a large long white head of 

 hair, together with a monstrous white beard, 

 coarse, rough, and descending; the colour of 

 the rest of the body being brown or black. 

 As to the rest, in its savage state, it is equally 

 fierce with the others; but, with a proper 

 education, it seems more tractable than most 

 of its kind, and is chiefly seen in the woods 

 of Ceylon and Malabar. 



The MAIMON of Buffbn, which Edwards calls 

 the PIG-TAIL, is the last of the baboons, and in 

 size rather approaches the monkey, being no 

 larger than a cat. Its chief distinction, be- 

 sides its prominent muzzle, like a baboon, is 

 in the tail, which is about five or six inches 

 long, and curled up like that of a hog; from 

 which circumstance, peculiar to this animal, 

 our English naturalist gave it the name. It 

 is a native of Sumatra, and does not well en- 

 dure the rigours of our climate. Edwards, 

 however, kept one of them a year in London; 

 and another of them happening at the same 

 time to be exposed in a show of beasts, he 



brought the two exiles together, to se if they 

 would claim or acknowledge their kindred. 

 The moment ihey came into each other's 

 presence, they testified their mutual satisfac- 

 tion, and seemed quite transported at the in- 

 terview. 



THE MONKEY. 



THE varieties in the larger tribes of the 

 monkey kind are but few ; in the ape we have 

 seen but four, and in the baboon about as 

 many. But when we come to the smaller 

 class, the differences among them seem too 

 tedious for enumeration. These, as was ob- 

 served in the beginning, are all small in sta- 

 ture, and with long tails, by which they are 

 distinguished from the preceding, that entirely 

 want the tail, or are large, and have but a 

 short one. The varieties in the form and 

 colour of dogs, or squirrels, is nothing to what 

 are found among monkeys of the smaller kind. 

 Bosnian mentions above fifty sorts on the 

 Gold Coast alone, and Smith confirms the 

 account. Condamine asserts that it would 

 take up a volume to describe the differences 

 of these to be found along the river Amazon ; 

 and \\e are sure that every one of these is 

 very different from those on the African coast. 

 Naturalists, however, have undertaken to 

 make a catalogue of their numbers; and they 

 either transmit their descriptions from one to 

 another, or only enumerate those few that 

 have found their way to Europe, and have 

 fallen within the narrow circle of their own 

 observation. But, though it may be proper 

 enough to describe such as fall under notice, 

 it is certainly wrong to offer a scanty cata- 

 logue as complete, and to induce the reader 

 to suppose he sees a picture of the whole 

 group of these animals, when he is only pre- 

 sented with a small part of the number. 

 Such, therefore, as are fond of the reputation 

 of adding new descriptions to the stock of 

 natural history, have here a wide, though 

 surely a barren, field to enlarge in ; and they 

 will find it no difficult matter, by observing 

 the various animals of this kind that are from 

 time to time brought fromtheir native coaststo 

 this country, to indulge in description, and to 

 ring the changes upon all the technical terms 



