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distinguished as regards its domestic habits, if there 

 be truth in the following singular reproach cast upon 

 theVeddahs of India by some of their fellow-countrymen: 

 " The Veddahs are like wanderoos : they have only one 

 wife ! " 



FIG. 



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THE CHACMA. 



In the island of Celebes an exceptional kind of ape is 

 found called " the black macaque," which by its struc- 

 ture leads us on to the lowest group of Old World species, 

 the baboons, in spite of the remoteness of the region it 

 inhabits from that which is their home. The baboons 

 are exclusively inhabitants of Africa and of Arabia 

 which is considered, as regards its animal population, to 



