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fent of a female mandrill, which .was only fix 

 months old, and that it was as large as an adult 

 baboon. He adds, that thefe mandrills walk al- 

 ways on two feet ; that they weep and groan 

 like men ; that they have a violent paflion for 

 women, which they never fail to gratify when 

 they find a woman at a diftance from relict. 



Diftinciivc Cbaraclers of this Species. 



The mandrill has cheek-pouches, and callo- 

 fities on the buttocks. The tail exceeds not two 

 or three inches. The canine teeth are much 

 thicker and longer than thofe of man. The 

 muzzle is very thick, very long, and furrowed 

 on each fide with deep longitudinal wrlnk-les. 

 The face is naked, and of a blueilTi colour. 

 The ears, as well ns the palm of the hands and 

 foles of the feet, are naked. The hair is long, 

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fent of one of lliefe ftrange animals, which are called by tho 

 natives Boggos. It was a llic-ciil) of fix mouths age, but w;i''. 

 then larger then a baboon ; Smith's voyage to Guimy, /• 5 1 • In 

 ■ the fame country, this animal is called boogoc or boggo, anJ 

 mcitidrill, and tliey likewife call tlie orang-outang, fongo and 

 drill. There is much finiihirity in thefe names, and they arq 

 probably derived from each other : And, in fad, the pjngo 

 and boggo, or tlie drill and mandrill, have feveral common 

 characters. But the firll is an ape without a tail, almoft na- 

 ked, and with a flat oval face ; and the fecond is a baboon 

 with a tall, long hair, and a thick and long muzzle. Mu/t, 

 in the German and Englifli languages, fignifies ;«.;/; in gena- 

 ral ; and drill inths j::rgou of fomc pf our Frc^cii pipviDcgj^ 

 (denotes a vigoroui likrti/w. 



