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APES AND MONKEYS. 



appendages are reduced to their smallest dimensions. Our first example 

 will be 



THE ARABIAN OR SACRED BABOON (Cynocephalus hamadryas). 



The Arabian, or sacred baboon, is the species so commonly represented on the 

 ancient monuments of Egypt, and may be easily recognised by its generally ashy- 



THE ARABIAN BABOON (J nat. size). 



grey colour, and the large mane with which the neck and shoulders of the males 

 are covered, as is well shown in our illustration. The males of this species are 

 about as large as a good-sized pointer dog. The tail is of considerable length, and 

 terminates in a tuft of long hair. The face has long whiskers of a slaty colour, 

 and is itself, like the ears, flesh-coloured. The hands are black, and the large 

 naked callosities on the buttocks bright red. The shaggy mane on the neck and 



