THE BABOON. 199 



General description Manners, &c. 



THE DOG-FACED BABOON. 



THIS animal, when standing erect, is about 

 five feet high. The head and face have a near 

 resemblance to those of a dog. The hair is very 

 long and shaggy as far as the waist, but short 

 below. The face is naked, and the ears are 

 pointed and almost concealed by the hair. Its 

 disposition is ferocious and untameable, and its 

 strength so great as to enable it without difficulty, 

 to overcome a man. 



In the hotter parts of Africa and Asia, these 

 baboons associate in companies, and rob the 

 plantations: they are so fierce and numerous, 

 that the coffee-planters are compelled to have 

 men continually on the watch to prevent their 

 depredations. When any passengers go by, they 

 are impudent enough to run up the trees, and 

 shake the boughs at them with great fury, at the 

 same time chattering very loud. 



THE URSINE BABOON. 



THE ursine baboon is rather smaller than the 

 last species. It has a large head, with a high 

 and prominent forehead, short ears, and a long 

 nose. The hair on the body is of a dusky co- 

 lour, and of such a length as to give the animal 

 the appearance of a young bear. 



