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THE LONG-ARMED APE. 



Next to the ouran outang this animal bears the 

 nearest resemblance to mankind ; like that, it walks 

 erect, and has no tail : the visage is flat, and encircled 

 with hair ; the eyes large, and sunk in its head : but 

 the most striking part of this extraordinary creature is 

 the arms, which, when it stands upright, absolutely touch 

 the ground : it is a native of the East Indies ; but is 

 chiefly found on the Coromandel coast : it is tractable 

 in disposition, gentle in manners, and, like the lesser 

 species of the ouran outang, fond of imitation. 



THE BABOON. 



Descending from the more perfect of the monkey- 

 kind, we now come to the baboon and its varieties ; a 

 large, fierce, and formidable race ; that, mixing the 

 figure of the man and the quadruped, in their con- 

 formation, seem only to possess the defects of both. 



The baboon is generally from three to four feet high, 

 very strong built, with thick body and limbs : its tail 

 is thick and crooked, and about eight inches in length : 

 its snout (for it can hardly be called a face) is long and 

 thick ; and on each side of its cheeks it has a large 

 pouch, into which, when satiated with eating, it care- 

 fully puts the remainder of its food : the body is co- 

 vered with long thick hair, the colour of which is a 

 reddish brown : it generally walks upon all fours ; and 

 its hands and feet are armed w ith long sharp claws, 

 instead of the broad round nails' which those of the 

 ipe-kind possess. Though these animals are naturally 

 aoth mischievous and ferocious in their methods of 



blunder, they adopt a most systematic plan ; for when 



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