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MAMMALIA — MANDRILL. 



of the Cape of Good Hope. It is a proper baboon. Its general color is a 

 dusky hue, bordering upon black. The body is from two to three feet in 

 length, and the tail is so short, that, when the animal stands on all fours, 

 it does not reach the gi-ound. The adult has a large mane. The fore- 

 head of this species is remarkably depressed; the nose is much prolonged. 

 The voice of the pig-faced baboon has a near resemblance to the bark 

 of a dog. 



THE MANDRILL. 1 



Tins baboon, which also bears the name of the ribbed-nosed baboon, is 

 an ugly, disgusting animal. It is found on the Gold Coast, and in other 

 southern provinces of Africa, where the negroes call it boggo, and the Euro- 

 peans, mandrill. This animal is the largest of the baboon kind. Smith 

 relates, that a female mandrill was given to him, which was not above six 

 months old, and had then attained the size of an adult baboon. He like- 

 wise acquaints us, that these animals always walk erect ; that they sigh 

 and cry like the human species ; that they have a violent passion for the 

 female sex ; that they never fail to overcome them if they come within 

 their reach. 



This animal is equally remarkable for its variety of color, its singularity 

 of appearance, its immense strength, and its unconquerable savageness. 



Ojnocephalus mormoii. 



