BABOONS. 



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of Professoi' Huxley, the name mandrill seems to signify ci man-like baboon ; the 

 term ilrill being an old English word of which one meaning denotes a baboon 

 or ape. 



The limbs of the mamlrill ai'e characterised by their relative shortness and 

 powerful build, and in correlation with these the fonn of tlie body is likewise 

 powerful and robust. The uglj' and massive head has scarcely any distinct forehead, 

 the prf)Mlo slojiing almost uninterruptedly upwards from the muzzle to the 9cciput. 





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TEE MANDMLL (j\j liat. size). 



The nose, instead of projecting in front of the upper lip, as in the sacred baboon, is 

 somewhat truncated; while the projecting eyebrows and deeply sunk ej^es com- 

 municate a forbidding expression to the whole countenance. The tubercular 

 swellings on either side of the muzzle are supported on ridges arising from the 

 .swollen bones of this part of the skull, and are themselves almost the size of a man's 

 fist. As a whole, they are somewhat sausage-shaped, and are marked with a series 

 of prominent transversely- disposed ribs of light blue, with deep pui-ple in the 

 gi-ooves, while the middle line and the tip of the nose are scarlet. The contrast 



