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its posteriors ; its tail is very nearly as long as the body and head put 

 together. The eyelids are of a fleshy, and the face of an ash color ; the 

 ears are large, thin, and of a flesh color ; they have a list of gray hairs 

 above the eyes, but in other parts are of a uniform color, approaching 

 towards a brown on the upper parts of the body, and towards a g-ray on 

 the lower. It goes on all fours, and is about a foot or a foot and a half long, 

 from the snout to the insertion of the tail. 



THE MAIMON, OR PIG-TAILED BABOON,i 



Which is a native of the banks of the Ganges, has pouches on each side 

 of its cheeks, and callosities on its posteriors ; its tail is naked, curled up, 

 and about the length of five or six inches ; the canine teeth are not much 

 longer in proportion, than those of men ; the face, ears, hands, and feet, are 

 naked, and of a flesh color ; the hair on the body is of a beautiful greenish 

 gray, each hair being gray and black, tipped with yellow ; the extremities 

 are gray ; the region of the loins is a golden yellow ; and the thighs are 

 of a lively red. It sometimes walks erect, and at other times upon all 

 fours : it is about two feet or two feet and a half tall, when erect. It is 

 a spiteful animal. 



THE MAGOT, OR BARBARY APE. 2 



This animal is generally known by the name of the Barbary ape. Of all 

 the apes which have no tail, this animal can best endure the temperature 

 of a northern climate. Buffbn kept one for many years. In the summer 

 it remained in the open air with pleasure ; and in the winter might be kept 

 in a room without any fire. It was filthy, and of a sullen disposition : it 

 equally made use of a grimace to show its anger, or express its sense of 

 hunger ; its motions were violent, its manners awkward, and its physiogno- 

 my ratlier ugly than ridiculous. Whenever it was offended, it grinned and 

 showed its teeth. It put whatever was given it into the pouches on each 

 side of its jaws, and commonly eat every thing that was offered it, except 

 raw flesh, cheese, and other things of a fermentative nature. When it 

 slept, it was fond of roosting on a wooden or iron bar. It was always kept 



• Macacv^ rhesus. The genus Macacus, consists of animals with four upper and four 

 lower incisors; two upper and two lower canines ; ten upper and ten lower molars. Canine 

 teeth very strong-, aliove all in the males ; the first and second molars have two tubercles 

 on their crown ; the^hree others liave four, with the exception of the last of the lower jaw, 

 which has five, and wliich is terminated by a heel ; facial angle, forty to forty-five degrees ; 

 superciliary ridges much developed; muzzle liroad and projecting; eyes approaching; 

 nostrils oblique ; ears naked, close to the head, angular ; cheek pouches ; lips thin and 

 extensible ; callosities on the buttocks. 



2 Mascot innus. The Magot is a sub-genus of the Macacus, characterized by having a 

 simple tubercle, in place of a tail. 



