The M AN DR I LL *, or Ribbed 

 Nofe BABOON. 



THE uglinefs of this baboon is perfc£lly 

 difgufting. His nofe, or rather his two 

 noftrils, are flat, from which a fnot perpetually 

 runs, and he licks it into his mouth with his 

 tongue. His head is very large, and his muzzle 

 long. His body is fquat, and his buttocks are 

 of a blood colour. His anus is confpicuous, 

 and fituated almoft as high as the loins. His 

 face is of a violet colour, and fiirrounded on 

 each fide with deep longitudinal wrinkles, which 

 Vol. VIIJ. I augment 



* Ribbed nofe baboon, with a long naked nofe comprefTed 

 fidewile, ot a purple colour, and ribbed obliquely on eacli 

 fide ; on the chin, a fliort picked orange beard ; tail verv 

 hairy, about two inches long, which it carries ereH ; but- 

 tocks naked : hair foft, dufky mottled with yellow ; length, 

 from nofe to tail, about two teet ; Pennanfs fympf. of quad. [i. 

 J03. 



Simia maimon, caudata, fubbarbata, gepis caeruleis llriatis, 

 natibus calvis ; Linn, fyfi.nat. p. 35. 



Cercopithecus cynocephalus, parte corporis anteriore lon- 

 gis pilis obfita, nafo violaceo nudo ; BrijJ'on. regn. an'im. p. 214, 



Mondrill, the name which the Britiili, who frequent tlie 

 coa'.l of Guiney, have given to this anininl. 



There is a ftrange fort of animal, called by the white men 

 in Guiney, a Mamirill ; but, v.'hy it is fo called, I know nor. 

 nor did I ever hear of the name before ; neitlier can thole 

 who call them fo tell, except it be for its near refemblance 

 of a human creature, though nothing at all like :d up-; ; 

 Smith's voycge to Cuincj, p. 52. 



