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than upon all-fours ; and when displeased, 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 mus- 

 cular, 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 mon- 

 strous white beard, coarse, rough, and descend- 

 ing ; 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 Buffon, which Edwards calls 

 the Pigtail, is the last of the baboons, and in size 

 rather approaches the monkey, being no larger 

 than a cat. Its chief distinction, besides its pro- 

 minent 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 endure the rigours of our cli- 

 mate. Edwards, however, kept one of them a 

 year in London ; and another of them happen- 

 ing at the same time to be exposed in a show 

 of beasts, he brought the two exiles together, to 



