T H E B A B O O N. 127 



' Nails flat ; feet and hands black : Tail fisur inches long, 

 .' and very hairy : Buttocks bare, red, and filthy; out the fpace 

 « about them is of a mod elegant purple colour, wnich reaches 



< to the inlide of the upper part of the thighs. 



' This was defcribed from a ftuffed fpecimen in Sir Afhton 



< Lever's mufeum. In Oiflober 1779, ^ ''"^^ animal 01 tliis 

 .' fpecies was fliown at Chefter, which differed a J ttle m co- 



? I«ur from the above, being in general much darker. Eyes 

 « much funk in the head, and fmall. On the iaternal i^d'e of 

 f each ear was a white lin-e, pointing upwards. The hair on 

 ' the forehead turaed vkp, like a toupee. Feet black; in other 

 • refpeiSs rtfembled the former. 



' lu this I had an oppoi'tunity of examining the teeth. The 

 « cutting teeth were like thofe of the reft of the genus; but, 

 f in the upper and lower jaw, were two canine, or rather tuiks, 

 ' near three inches long, and exceedingly fharp and pointed. 



< This animal was five feet high, of a moft tremendous 

 ' drength in all its parts; was excaffively fierce, libidinous, 

 ' and ftrong. 



' Mr Schreber fays, that this fpecies lives on fucculent 

 ' fruits, and on n'.its ; is very fond of eggs, and will put eight 

 ' at once into its pouches, and, taking them out one by one, 

 ' brf»k them at the end, and fwallow the yolk and white : Re- 

 ' ie£ls all flcfii-meat, unlefs it be dreiTed : Would drink quan- 

 ' titles of wine or brandy : Was lefs agile than other baboons : 



■ Very cleanly ; for it would immediately fling its excrements 



■ out of its hut. 



' Thar, which was fhpwn at Chefter was particularly fond 

 ' of cheefc. Its voice was a kind of roar, not unlike that of 

 ' a lion, but low and fomewhat inward. It went upon all 

 ' fours, and never Rood on its hind legs, unlefs forced by the 

 ' keeper ; but would frequently fit on its rump in a crouch- 

 ' ing manner, and drop its arms before the belly. 



' Inhabits the hotter parts of Africa ;' Per.nanfs Synopf. cf 

 quad. Edit. 2. in i^lo, p. 173. 



To this defcription very little can be added. In the indi- 

 vidual fliown at Edinburgh, which was probably the fame 

 that Mr Pennant afterwards faw at Chefter, the colours of the 

 'ice were diftind and unmixed. The ribbed cheeks were of a 

 "vy-blue colour. A vermilion line began a little above the 

 ::^es, and running down between lliem, and on each fide of 



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