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VERTEBEATJES. 



The Ursine Baboon is not unlike the last, but rather 

 less. Its nose is long, head large, ears short, forehead high and 

 prominent; terminating in a ridge; the body thick and strong, 

 covered witL long dusky hair, which gives it the appearance of a 

 young bear ^ its tail is half the length of its body; its buttocks 

 red. This animal is very numerous about the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Troops of them make expeditions for the sake of plunder, 

 ia which, to prevent being surprised, they plaice a sentinel 

 which, upon the sight of a man, gives a loud yell, when the 

 whole troop retreats with the greatest precipitation ; the young 

 ones leaping on the backs of their parents, and clinging closely 

 to them. When the Ursine Baboon sees a single person sitting 

 and eating in the fields, it will steal behind him, snatch his food 

 from him, retire to a little dis.tance, and begin to devour it; now 

 and then holding it out in its paws towards the loser, with many 

 laughable grimaces, as if offering to restore the prize. It may be 

 tamed, and will then guard its master's property with all the 

 sagacity and fidelity of a dog. 



The Maimon, which is a native of the banks of the 

 Ganges, has pouches on each side of its cheeks, and callosities on 

 its posteriors; its tail is naked, curled up, and about the length 

 of five or six inches ; the canine teeth are not much longer in 



proportion than those of men ; the 

 snout is very broad ; the orbits of 

 the eyes very acute above; the 

 face, ears, hands, and feet are 

 naked. 



monkeys. 



The Maimon. 



The Coaita has received 

 a variety of names. It is called 

 the paniscus, the four-fingered, and the spider-monkey. It has 

 received this last name on account of the great length of its arms 

 and legs, to which its diminutive body bears so small a proportion. 

 The length of this animal is about eighteen inches, exclusive of 

 the tail, which measures nearly two feet, and therefore longer Ihan 



