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ing forehead," says Mr. Bingley, " are two small and vivid eyes, 

 situated so near to each other that their position alone gives to 

 the physiognomy an air of ferocity. An enormous muzzle, indi- 

 cative of the most brutal passions, terminates in a broad and 

 rounded extremity of a fiery red color, from which continually 

 oozes a mucous humor. The cheeks, greatly swollen and deeply 

 furrowed, are naked, and of a deep blue color. A narrow blood- 

 colored ridge extends down the middle of the face, and termi 



The Mandrill. 



nates ia the nose." Eound the neck the hair is very long. On 

 the sides of the head it joins that at the top, and the whole ter- 

 minates in a somewhat pointed form. Each hair of the body is 

 annulated with black and yellow; so that the whc^e fur has a 

 greenish brown hue. 



When standing upright, the Mandrill is in -height from 

 three feet and a half to five feet. It is to be found on the Gold 

 Coast, in several other parts of Africa, and also in the East Indies 

 and the Indian Archipelago. Its voice bears some resemblance 

 m the roaring of a lion. No art or kindness can in thfi least 



