THE CYffOCEPHALI. 197 



it possible. In this way they equally possess qualifica- 

 tions for pursuing or eluding an enemy. They feed chief- 

 ly on fruits and roots, or the young and tender shoots of 

 various plants. Their natural country is the warmer 

 parts of Africa and India. They are very suscepti- 

 ble of cold, and great care has to be taken with those 

 kept in confinement in Europe, and, even with every 

 precaution, a few years is generally the limit of their 

 existence. The hair is longer than usual, and forms 

 a sort of mane on the upper parts. 



For an illustration of the first form among the 

 Cynocephalij we have selected, 



THE CHACMA. 



Papio comatiis.- GEOFFROY. 



PLATE XVI. 



Babuin chevelu, Papio comatus, Geoffrey, Annales 

 xix. p. 103. Cynocephalus chacma, DesmaresCs Mammalogie^ 

 p. 69. Le Chacma, Frederic Cuvier's Histoire Naturelle 

 des Mammiferes. 



THE animal which formed the subject of the an- 

 nexed plate, copied from that in the Histoire Naturelle 

 des Mammiferes, was procured very young. During 

 his youth his frolics made him amusing, but his mis- 

 chievous disposition soon became dangerous, and it 



