216 BABOONS.—APES.—SATYRS. 
ruped seems to possess only the inferior and 
less amiable qualities of both. They have in 
their respective species, the heads of Dogs, 
and of various other beasts; and the only 
real point of similitude to man is in the pos- 
session of hands. It deserves remark, that 
all the Monkey tribes, like man, are able to 
hold things with one hand, because they have 
thumbs; while many others, which can em- 
ploy their fore-claws as hands, are obliged to 
use two, because thumbs are denied them. 
Baboons, as we have said, have tails, though 
short ones. 
But, both to Baboons and Apes are some- 
times given the name of Satyrs. The Satyr 
is a creation of mythology, and has no proper 
place in the catalogues of Zoology. Linneus, 
however, has affixed the name of Simia Sa- 
tyrus to the Oran-Otang, or T'ree-pean, com- 
monly called Wild Man of the Woods ; and 
showmen, to attract the uninformed, are fond 
of describing the Mandril, or Rib-nosed Ba- 
boon, as a Satyr. To this latter animal is 
also sometimes given, with rather better rea- 
son, the name of Man-tegar, or Man-Tiger. 
None of the various means which have been 
