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\vith vaft fury. But, when taken young, they 

 are eafily tamed, and appear to be even more 

 fufceptible of education than the other baboons. 

 The Indians delight in inftruding thefe animals, 

 and pretend that the other apes, that is, the 

 monkeys, have a great refped for the baboons, 

 who are poffeffed of more gravity and intelli- 

 gence. In a ftate of liberty *, they are extreme- 

 ly wild, and keep perpetually in the woods f- 

 If we may credit travellers, thole which are all 

 white are the ftrongeft and moft mifchievous. 

 They are violently fond of women, l\rong e- 

 nough to ravifh them when found alone %, and 

 often injure them fo as to prove fatal. 



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* In Malabar, we find four fpecies of apes : The firft is al! 

 black and luftrous, with a white beard, which furrounds its 

 chin, and is more than a palm in length. The other apes 

 have fuch a refpeft for this fpecies, that ihe7 humble them- 

 felves in its prelence, as if they were confcious of its fupcrio- 

 lity. The Princes and Nobles efteem thefe bearded apes ; 

 becaufe they appear to have more gravity and intelligence 

 than the other kinds. They are educated for ceremonies and 

 iports, in which they acquit themlelves to the admiration 

 ot the fpeiflators ; Voyage du Pen P''i):a7it Mcirie, p. 405. 



f In Ceylon, there are monkeys as large as our fpanlels. 

 They have gray hair, a black vifage, and a white beard which 

 extends from the one ear to the i/Jier. . . . We meet with 

 others of the fame liza, but of a different colour. Txiis diffe- 

 rence in colour appears not to alter the fpecies ; for they e- 

 qually receive the denominatiou of oiiandnous. They do lit- 

 tle injury to the cultivated lands, and generally remain in the 

 woods, where they live upon leaves and bads ; but, when ta- 

 ken, they eat any thing; Relation de Knox, torn. 1. p. i(^. 5c 

 I 1 1.— Kifl. dfs voyages, torn. 8. p- 5+J. 



t The white a,pes, which are- fiiimetlmes of tke fize of the 



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