MAMMALIA. 571 



In the work entitled La Menagerie du Musium, wliicli was 

 published by Cuvier, concurrently with Lao^pede and Etienne 

 Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire, the first of these authors gives some 

 very interesting details of the habits of the Mandrill. He 

 states that the sight of certain women, principally young ones, 

 endowed it with veritable fits of madness. " It recognised them," 

 he says, " in a crowd, and called them by voice and gesture, and 

 there can be no doubt that if it had been at liberty, it would 

 have done them harm." 



A m ong these animals, there are some which preserve their 

 docility for a long time. We have an instance of this in the one 

 which Mr. Cross exhibited in London, and which in consequence 

 of its intelligence acquired considerable reputation. This Mon- 

 key, named Happy Jerry, seated himself with an air of hauteur in 

 a carriage, drank porter out of a pewter pot, and smoked a pipe 

 with all becoming gravity. 



The Drill much resembles the preceding ; it is only dis- 

 tinguished from it by its face being completely black, and a 

 slight difference in the colour of its pelage. It also inhabits 

 Guinea. 



Genus Cynocephalus properly called.- — The true Cynocephali have 

 a pendent tail of medium length, and at times terminating in 

 a tuft. They are less robust than the Mandrills, and are less 

 altered by age. The principal species are the Baboon, the Papio, 

 and the Chacma. 



The Baboon (Fig. 254) was known to the ancient Egyptians, 

 on whose monuments it often appears. It symbolised the god 

 Thoth, the inventor of the alphabet, and for this reason it was 

 held in great veneration. Numerous mummies of this animal 

 have been collected in Egyptian burial-places. 



At the present time they make a less noble figure in 

 society. The Orientals train it to perform various tricks, and 

 exhibit it in public. It is a native of Abyssinia, Sennaar, and 

 Arabia. 



The Chacma exclusively belongs to South Africa. It is more 

 particularly met with on Table Mountain, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Capetown, and on the Draakenberg range. Troops 

 of from twenty to thirty individuals frequent the ravines and 

 often enter cultivated grounds, where they commit the greatest 



