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like an Ape. Their bodies, when full grown, are as big in 
circumference as a middle-sized man’s—their legs much 
shorter, and their feet larger; their arms and hands in pro- 
portion. The head is monstrously big, and the face broad 
and flat, without any other hair but the eyebrows; the nose 
very small, the mouth wide, and the lips thin. The face, 
which is covered by a white skin, is monstrously ugly, being 
Fie. 5.—Facsimile of William Smith’s figure of the “ Mandrill,” 1744. 
all over wrinkled as with old age; the teeth broad and yel- 
low; the hands have no more hair than the face, but the 
same white skin, though all the rest of the body is covered 
with long black hair, like a bear. They never go upon all- 
fours, like apes; but cry, when vexed or teased, just like chil- 
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“When I was at Sherbro, one Mr. Cummerbus, whom I 
shall have occasion hereafter to mention, made me a present 
of one of these strange animals, which are called by the 
natives Boggoe: it was a she-cub, of six months’ age, but 
even then larger than a Baboon. I gave it in charge to one 
of the slaves, who knew how to feed and nurse it, being a 
very tender sort of animal; but whenever I went off the deck 
