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HUMBOLDT WOOLLY MONKEY. 



distress. In captivity gibbons are shy and nervous, and 

 take life very seriously. 



Old-World Monkeys. 



The Baboons have been specially designed by Nature for 

 life upon the ground, surrounded by dangerous enemies. 

 But for their big canine teeth, their fierce tempers and bull- 

 dog courage, backed by a fine combination of strength 

 and agility, the lions, leopards, hyenas and jackals of 

 Africa would have exterminated them all, ages ago. They 

 were not formed to become hand-organ beasts of burden, 

 nor even companions to man, but rather to fight off their 

 enemies, and bluff even the king of beasts when occasion 

 requires. In captivity, their strength and ferocity always 

 inspires respect, and sometimes genuine terror. At all 

 times they require to be treated as dangerous animals. 



Of the various species of baboons on exhibition in the 

 Primate House, the full-grown Mandrill is the most inter- 

 esting, and wonderful. It seems like an animal not of this 

 earth, and reminds the visitor of one of the great beasts of 

 the visions of St. John the Divine. The home of this species 

 is in West Africa, and it is found from Senegambia to the 

 Congo. The long shaggy hair, lion-like appearance, the 

 peculiar color markings of the face, and the indescribable 

 grimaces, instantly fix the attention of every visitor. 



