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THE M A G O T, Sec. 



Dlft'incli'ue CharaBers of this Species. 



The magot has no tail, though there is a fmall 

 portion of fkin which has the appearance of one. 

 He has cheek-pouches, large prominent callo- 

 fities on his buttocks, canine teeth, proportional- 

 ly longer than thofe of man, and the under part 

 of the face turned up, like the muzzle of a bull- 

 doer. He has down on his face ; the hair on 

 his body is of a greenifli brown colour, and that 

 on his belly is a whitifli yellow. He walks on 

 the two hind feet, but oftener on four. He is 

 three or three and a half feet high ; and fome 

 of this fpecies appear to be ftill larger. The fe- 

 males are fubje^l to a periodical difcharge. 



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• ihe attempt, they fprung, at a fingle leap, ten paces from 

 ' me, and mounted trees with equal agility, from which they 

 ' looked at us with great indifference, and feemed to derive 

 « pleafure from our aftoniihment. Some of them -were fo large, 

 ' that, if our interpreter had not alTured us tiiat they were 



• neither fciocious nor dangerous, our number would not have 

 ' appeared to be fufficient to proteft us from their attacks. 

 ' Ai it could ferve no purpofe to kill them, we did not life 

 ' our guns. But the Captain happened to aim at a very large 

 ' one which fat on the top of a tree, after having fatigued 

 ' lis a lont^ time in purlaing liini : This kind of menace, how- 

 ' ever, of which the animal, perhap;,, recql!c<5led his having 

 ' fometimes fecn the confequences, terriHed him to fueh a de- 



• gree, that he fell down motionlefs at our feet, and we had 

 « no difficulty in fei/ing him. But, whenever he recovered 

 'from his ftnpor, it required all onr dextciity and efforts tt) 

 « keep him. We lied his pats together. But he bit fo furi- 

 ' oufiy, that we were under the necefilty of covering his head 

 « with our handkerchiefs;' Foy.i^cs by Robert Lii.ic. 



