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is probably the common ftock of the other two ; 

 for the hair on its body, head, and beard, is of 

 biie uniform whiie colour. Thefe three ani- 

 mals are not apes, but baboons, of which they 

 have all the charaders both in figure and dilpo- 

 fitions. They are wild, and even ferocious. 

 Their muzzle is long, their tail fhort, and they 

 are nearly of the fame fize and ftrength as the 

 baboons. Their bodies are indeed lefs fquat, 

 and their hind parts feem to be more feeble. 

 That of which we have given a figure, was ex- 

 hibited to us under falfe appellations, both with 

 regard to its name and climate. Its owners told 

 us, that it came from the continent of America, 

 and that it was called cayouvojfou. I foon re- 

 colleded that this word cayouvajfou is a Brafili- 

 an term, which is pronounced J'ajououaJlou, and 

 iignifiesfcipajoit ; and, confequently, that it was 

 improperly applied ; fince all the/apajous have 

 very long tails. But the animal under confide- 

 ration is a baboon with a veiy fhort tail. Be- 

 fides, not a fingle fpecies of baboon exifts in A- 

 merica. Errors with regard to climate are very 

 common, cfpecially among thofe who exhibit 

 wild beads : When they are ignorant of the cli- 

 mate and the name of an animal, they fail not to 

 oive it a foreign denomination, which, whether 

 true or falfe, equally ferves their purpofe. 



Thefe baboon- ouanderous, when not tamed, 

 are fo mifchievous, that they muft be kept in 

 iron cages, where they are frequently agitated 



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