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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 gray 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,! 
Wuicu 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 isa 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 MAG OT, OR BAR BAR Y:AcP E 2 
Tus 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. Buffon kept one for many years. In the summer 
it remained in the open air with pleasure; and in the winter might be kept 
in aroom 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 ‘ts physiogno- 
my rather 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 

1 Macacus 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, above all in the males; the first and second molars have two tubercles 
on their crown ; the three others have four, with the exception of the last of the lower jaw, 
which has five, and which is terminated by a heel; facial angle, forty to forty-five degrees ; 
superciliary ridges much developed; muzzle broad and projecting ; eyes approaching ; 
nostrils oblique; ears naked, close to the head, angular; cheek pouches; lips thin and 
extensible ; callosities on the buttocks. 
2 Magot inuus. The Magot is a sub-genus of the Macacus, characterized by having a 
simple tubercle, in place of a tail. 
