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ther animals, and even in man, ihe has covered 



/ thefe parts with a veil. In the baboon, on the 



;! contrary, they are perpetually naked, and the 



I more confpicuous, becaufe the reft of the body 



I is covered with long hair. The buttocks are 



' likewlfe naked, and of a blood red colour ; the 



! tefticles are pendulous ; the anus is uncovered, 



i| and the tail always elevated. He feems to be 



!J proud of all thofe nudities ; for he prefents his 



:j hind parts more frequently than his front, e- 



i fpecially when he fees women, before whom 



! he difplays an effrontery fo matchlefs, that it 



'.an originate from nothing but the moft inor- 



riinate defire *. The magot, and fome others, 



luive the fame inclinations ; but, as they are 



Imaller and not fo petulant, they are taught mo- 



(lefty by the whip. The baboon, however, is 



perfedtly incorrigible, and nothing can tame 



liim. 



Notwithftanding the violence of their paflion, 



thefe 



* Papio, animal ad libidinem pronum, cum mulieres videt 



alacritatem fuam oftendit. Papio quern vidi vivum, ad 



nutum haud fecus, atque caput reliqua animalia, aniim ver- 

 •icbat frequentius populo oftentans ; Gefner. Icon. quad. p. 77. 



In the Philippine iflands, the baboons are fo falacious, 



that the women dare not go far from their own houfes ; 

 Voyage d: GeinelU Carreri, torn. 5./'. 209. — The baboons haveno 

 iuiir on their buttocks, which are fo full of cicatrices and 

 Icratches, that they feem to be even deprived of fkin. Thefe 

 animals are incxpreffibly lafcivious ; Defciipt. dii Cap de Bonne- 

 ■fperatice, par Kolhe, torn. i. p. 59.—' Papio, animal libidino- 

 Mum mulieribus facile vim Infer en:, robuflum et feroxt' 

 Linn.f\ft.nat.p. 35. 



