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dispositions, and that the latter are infinitely more 

 fierce, savage, and malicious, than the former. 

 The ourang outang, that so nearly resembles man 

 in its figure, approaches also nearest in the gentle- 

 ness of its manners and the pliancy of its temper. 

 The cynocephalus, that of all other apes is most 

 unlike man in form, and approaches nearer the 

 dog in face, resembles also the brute in nature, 

 being wild, restless, and impelled by a frightful 

 impetuosity. But the baboon, who is still more 

 remote, and resembles man only in having hands, 

 who, from having a tail, a prominent face, and 

 sharp ,claws, approaches more nearly to the savage 

 tribe, is every way fierce, malicious, ignorant, 

 and untractable. 



The baboon, properly so called, is from three 

 to four feet high, very strong built, with a thick 

 body and limbs, and canine teeth, much longer 

 than those of men. It has large callosities be- 

 hind, which are quite naked and red. Its tail is 

 crooked and thick, and about seven or eight inches 

 long. Its snout, for it can hardly be called a 

 face, is long and thick, and on each side of its 

 cheeks it has a pouch, into which, when satiated 

 with eating, it puts the remainder of its provisions. 

 It is covered with long thick hair of a reddish- 

 brown colour, and pretty uniform over the whole 

 body. It walks more commonly upon all-fours 

 than upright, and its hands as well as its feet are 

 armed with long sharp claws, instead of the broad 

 round nails of the ape kind. 



An animal thus made for strength, and furnish- 

 ed with dangerous weapons, is found in fact to be 



