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on the hinder part where it furrounds the tail, which is extremely (hort and 

 fcarce apparent. The hands and feet are of a dufky colour internally, and 

 are furniflied with broad but pointed claws. It is an animal of great ftrength 

 and ferocity, and, like other large Baboons, is generally diftinguilhed more 

 by thefe qualities than by thofe of docility and mildnefs. 



It is a native of the interior parts of Africa. Tho' in a (late of confine- 

 ment it frequently fits in the manner reprefented in the figure, yet its natural 

 and ufual pofture is like that of other quadrupeds. It fhould be obferved, 

 that fiom the mifquotation of the fynonymous names of authors, it has hap- 

 pened that this fpecles has been erroneoufly defcribed and quoted as the 

 Simla Sphinx of Linnseus j which is a fpecies widely diflerent, and indeed 

 feems to be no other than the common large Baboon. 



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