J<j6 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Apes worshipped in India. 



cause of this improper conduct, it was with the 

 utmost difficulty he could command a serious 

 countenance, while he ordered the servants of the 

 church to take the animal away, 



In many parts of India, animals of the ape 

 tribe are made objects of worship by the natives, 

 and magnificent temples are erected in honour 

 of them. Their numbers are almost infinite. 

 They frequently come in troops into the cities, 

 and enter the houses at all times with perfect 

 freedom; in Calicut, however, the inhabitants 

 keep them in a great measure out of their dwek 

 lings, but to effect this they are compelled to 

 have all their windows latticed. 



THE COMMON BABOON. 



THIS animal frequently measures three or 

 four feet in height, and in its upper parts is 

 remarkably strong and muscular. When con- 

 fined in a cage it will sometimes lay hold of the 

 bars, arid shake them so powerfully as to make 

 the spectators tremble. Towards the middle of 

 the body, it is like all the baboons, very slender. 

 The general colour is a greyish brown ; and the 

 face, which is long, is of a tawny fleslvrcolour. 

 Th^ cheeks are furnished with pouches. The 

 tail is very short, and round it to a considerable 

 distance the posteriors are perfectly bare and 

 callous. 



