Co THE DOG-FACED BABOON". 



ears of wheat were given it, it dexterously picked 

 out the grains, one by one, with its teeth, and ate 

 them *. 



Its capricious disposition often leads it to the 

 most deliberate acts of mischief. Dr. Goldsmith 

 says he has seen one of them break a whole service 

 of China, evidently by design, yet withotit appear-- 

 jng in the least conscious of having done amiss -{-. 



THE DOG-FACED BABOON ^,. 



The Dog-faced Baboons, which are found in the 

 hotter parts of Africa and Asia, associate in vast 

 companies, and rob the plantations. When any 

 passengers go by they are impudent enough to run 

 up the trees, and shake the boughs at them with 

 great fury, at the same time chattering very loud. 

 They are about five feet high, and so fierce and 

 numerous, that the Coffee-planters are compelled to 

 have men continually on the watch to prevent 

 their depredations. They are untameable, and so 

 strong, as, without any difficulty, to overcome a, 

 man ^. 



This species is about five feet high when erect. 

 The head and face greatly resemble those of a dog. 

 The hair is very long and shaggy as far as the waist, 



* Penn. Quad. i. 17-1- t Goldsmith, iv. 199- ■ 



t Synonyms Simia llaniadrvas. Jji/iii Tartarin. Kerr, whn 



places it among the Monkies.—Dog-faccd Baboon. Pcnii. Sficru's 



Gen, ZooLpL 15 — Bcw. Quad. 424. 



§ Pciin, Quad. i. 180. 



