V EETEBB ATA. 



ri>lI , tIll . i mm . u . the nose is flat, and the nostrils situated about half-way between 



■I, and the eyes, the whole bearing no unapt resemblance to that of a man who has lost 



, n06 e: but in the baboons this organ is prolonged uniformly with the jaws; 



s the lips a little in length, and the nostrils open at the end of it exactly as in the 



fferent speciea of this remarkable genus are * idely disseminated over ( Jentral and Southern 



Africa, In their native haunts, their ordinary food is berries and bulbous roots, but in the vicinity 



of human habitations they make incursions into the cultivated fields and gardens, and destroj a 



quantit} of grain and fruits than they carry away with them. In well-inhabited 



*, where thai are likely to meet with resistance, their predatory incursions are usually 



,„.,,;. night : and travelers assure us that, taught by experience of the risks to which 



,1,,.^ 3 during such expeditions, they place Bentinels upon the surrounding b 



:llll j nve timely warning of the approach of danger; but in wilder and more solitary 



the thinness of the population and the want of fire-arms place them on BOme 



luality with the inhabitant, they make their forays in the open day, and dispute with 



the husbandman the fruit- of hi- labor. 



•• 1 have myself." Bays Pearce, in his " Life and Adventures, in Abyssinia," "seen an assembly of 

 oons drive the keepers from the fields of grain, in spite of their slings and stones, till several 

 went from the village to their assistance; and even then they only retired slowly, seeing 

 that the men had no guns." 



8 me travelers assert that if the troop happens to be surprised in the act of pillaging, the 



\ with their lives for their neglect of the general safety. Others assure us that the 



;iu a long chain extending from the vicinity of their ordinary habitation to the 



garden <>r field which the] happen to be engaged in plundering, and that the produce of their 



• i- pitched from hand to hand till it reaches its destination in the mountains. By this means, 



the shied to carry off a much larger booty than if every individual labored for his own 



particular benefil ; but notwithstanding this attention to the general interest, each takes care before 



to till his cheek-pouches with the most choice fruits or grains which he can procure, and 



likely to be pursued, to carry off quantities in his hands. After these expeditions, the 



whole troo] Me mountains to enjoy their booty. They likewise search with avidity for 



and sock the eggs ; but if there be young, they kill them and destroy the nest; 



ling the evident approximation of their organization and appetites to carnivorous 



re never known to touch a living prey in a state of nature, and even in captivity 



will eat no flesh but what has been thoroughly boiled or roasted. In this state, we have e 



a enjoy their mutton-bone and pick it with apparent satisfaction ; but it was evi- 

 .n acquired habit, like that of drinking porter and smoking tobacco, which they had h 

 taught by • imple of their keepers. 



Of 8 Quadrumana, the baboons are the most frightfully ugly. Their small eyes deeply 



ieath huge projecting eyebrows, their low contracted forehead, and the very diminutive 



eir cranium, compared with the enormous development of the face and jaws, give then. 



look, which is still further heightened by their robust and powerful make 



»PP us teeth, which they do not fail to display upon the slight 



I' r " » and brutality of their character and manners correspond with the 



of their physiognomy. These characteristics are most strongly displayed by the male.-; 



-hilly when, in addition to their ordinary ferocity, they are agitated by the 



. that their natural habitudes carry them to the most furious and brutal 



I captivity, they are thrown into the greatest agitation at the appearance of young 



ommon practice among itinerant showmen to excite the natural jeal< 



ring or offering to kiss the young females who resort to their exhibitions, < 

 ■g^t ' •'''•• in thi se animal- a degree of rage bordering upon phrensy. 



. or Cboak-kama, 0. porcarins, is of a uniform dark brown, almost black, mixed 

 • with a dark-green shade, deepest on the head and along the ridge of the back, and 

 of the shoulders and on the flanks. The hair over the whole body i- ' 



