

AS TO BABOONS. 



China and Eastern Thibet. There are seven genera belonging to the family, with 

 seventy species." 



"Since you have started," said Jack Harvey, refilling his pipe, "go ahead; I 

 can stand it if the rest can." 



" I don't want to appear to air my knowledge, and, when I see any weariness, I 

 will stop. We will drop the monkeys, so called, for, when you come to give the 

 list found in the New World, it is almost endless. What I have to say, therefore, 

 will relate to the baboon branch of the family. They are found in every part of 

 Africa, and one species in Arabia. The latter has a tail ending in a large tuft of 

 hair, .and the neck and shoulders of the male are largely maned. It has long, 

 slate-colored whiskers and is of an ashy-gray color. They live in large herds, and 



A CONCERT. 



are met in the mountains of Arabia, throughout Abyssinia, in Senaar, the home 

 of Abdallah there, in Kordofan and Darfur, sometimes at the height of a mile 

 and a half." 



" I believe the ancient Egyptians considered the baboon sacred ? " said Bol- 

 Marshall. 



" The Egyptians worshipped and embalmed the baboon, making him sacred to 

 Thoth, one of whose characters was the god of letters. It was in Hermopolis, the 

 city of Thoth, that the baboon was particularly sacred, though he is far from being 

 so regarded now. 



"The genus Gelada contains a species with oblong head, a maned ne^k and a 

 short, tufted tail. Its face, hands and callosities are deep black in color; it is 

 between three and four feet long, and lives among the mountains of Abyssinia. 



