no THE PIGMY. 



gives the fignal, by a cry for the reft to pro- 

 ceed, and retnoves not from his ftation as long 

 as they continue abroad. But, whenever he 

 perceives any perfon approaching, he fcreams 

 with a loud voice ; and, by leaping from tree 

 to tree, they all fly to the mountains. Their 

 flight is worthy of admiration ; for the females, 

 though they carry four or five young ones on 

 their backs, make great fprings from branch to 

 branch. Though extremely cunning, vail 

 numbers of them are taken by different arts. 

 When wild, they bite defperately ; but by car- 

 reffes they are eafily tamed. They do much 

 mifchief to the fruits and corn ; for they ga- 

 ther it together in heaps, cur it, and throw it 

 on the ground, whether it be ripe or not, and 

 deftroy more than they eat or carry ofl". Thole 

 who are tamed perform things which are al- 

 moft incredible, and imitate every human ac- 

 tion* .' Kolbe relates nearly the fame facta 

 with regard to the apes of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. But, from his figure and defcription, it 

 is obvious, that thefe apes are baboons, and have 

 a fhort tail, a long muzzle, pointed nails, &c. ; 

 and that they are much larger and ftronger than 

 the apes of Mauritania f . We may, therefore, 

 prefume, that Kolbe has copied the paflage from 

 Marmol, and attributed to the baboons of the 



Cape 



• L'Afrique de Maimol, lorn. i. p. 57. 

 I See below, Art. Bahon. 



