462 HISTORY" OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE PIG-TAILED BABOON. 

 (Simla Nemestrina> Linn. Le Maimon, Buff.) 



So termed from its short, naked, Pig-like tail, is 

 the least of all the Baboon kind; a gentle, mild, 

 and tractable animal; very lively and frolicsome, 

 but has none of that impudent petulance so pecu- 

 liar to most of its species. Its muzzle is large and 

 thick; face and ears naked, and of a flesh colour; 

 the hair on the head and back is of a deep olive, 

 palest on the belly; it has hazel eyes, cheek 

 pouches, callosities on the buttocks, which are 

 naked, and of a red colour. It is a native of 

 Sumatra and Japan. 



One of this kind was shewn in the North in 1788, 

 from which this drawing was made. 



It is a curious circumstance, that not only this, 

 but every animal of the Baboon and Monkey kind 

 we have yet seen, have shewn a remarkable greedi- 

 ness for tobacco, mustard, and even snuff, which 

 they eat without expressing the smallest inconveni- 

 ence, and always seem extremely desirous of more. 



