HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 463 



THE DOG-FACED BABOON. 



(Si in in /F<uiiadr\(is y Linn.) 



Is distinguished by a longer tail than the rest of 

 its kind: in this respect it seems to bear some 

 affinity to the Monkey, and has been mentioned 

 under that denomination by several naturalists. 



We may observe here, that, in tracing the pro- 

 gress of animated Nature, we are led, by the most 

 imperceptible gradations, from one kind to another: 

 the line of separation seems so faintly drawn, that 

 we are frequently at a loss how to fix the boundaries 

 of one class without encroaching upon those of an- 

 other; and notwithstanding the regularity and order 

 which every where prevail among the numerous 

 families that inhabit the earth, the best and most 

 improved systems of arrangement fall infinitely 

 short of precision : they serve indeed, to direct us to 



