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iniits and feeds ; it niake3 great havock in the produce of 

 cultivated lands. The head is oblong, refembling that of 

 a dog, but more oljtufe ; the neck is long ; the tail is fhort 

 and ereft ; the haunches red, edged with purple ; it is from 

 three to four feet high in its fitting pofture. It is extremely 

 ftrong and mufcular in its upper parts, and (lender towards 

 the middle. It is, fays Dr. Shaw, ferocious in its manners, 

 and its appearance is at ©nee grotefque and formidable. The 

 region furrounding the tail to a conilderable dillaiice on each 

 fide is bare and callous. It is a native of Borneo, and inhabits 

 the hotter parts of Africa. 



Mormon ; Tufted Ape. Beard thin ; cheeks tumid, 

 naked, blue, obliquely furrowed ; haunches naked, red. 

 It inhabits India. This, in an upright pofture, is full five 

 feet high. It is the mod remarkable of the whole genus 

 for brilliancy and variety of colour. The general tinge is a 

 rich and very deep yellowilh-brown ; the hairs, if viewed 

 near, are fpecklcd with yellow and black. The form of the 

 face is long, with the fnout ending fomewhat abruptly ; the 

 whole length of the nofe, down the middle, is of a deep 

 blood-red ; but the parts on each fide are of a iine violet, 

 blue, marked by feveral oblique furrows. The remainder 

 of the face is of a pale whitilh-yellow. On the top of the 

 front the hair rifes, in a remarkable manner, into a pointed 

 form, and beneath the chin isapointed beardof alight orange- 

 yellow. Round the back of the neck the hair is much 

 longer than in other parts, and inclines downwards and for- 

 wards, fomewhat in the manner of a wreath or tippet. The 

 hands and feet are of a dufcy colour, and are furnilhed with 

 broad pointed claws. It is a native of the interior parts of 

 Africa, but has been found in India. 



Maimov ; Ribbed-nofe Ape. Beard thin; cheeks blue, 

 ilriate ; haunches naked. It inhabits Guinea ; weeps and 

 groans like men, when in trouble ; it is libidinous, ugly, 

 and difgulting. The general liker.cfs which it bears to the 

 former fpecie? is fuch as to give the idea of the fame animal 

 in a lefs advanced ftatc of growth, and with lefs brilliant co- 

 "lours. The chin is furniihcd with a fmall fharp-pointed 

 beard of a pale orange, colour. The feet are armed with 

 claws, and have no flattened nails. This baboon is not un- 

 common in exhibitions of animals. 



PoRCARiA : Hog Baboon. The head of this fpecies re- 

 fembles that of a hog ; the fnout is naked ; the body of an 

 olive-brown ; the haunches are covered, and the nails are 

 acuminate. It is faid to be three feet fix inches in length ; 

 its colour is of a deep olive-brown ; the face is large and 

 black ; the nofe is truncated at the end, fomewhat like that 

 of a hog. 



Sylvatica ; Wood Baboon. Face, hands, and feet naked, 

 black, fmooth ; nails white. It inhabits Guinea, and is 

 about tlirce feet high. It is of a robuft frame. Its gene- 

 ral colour is ferruginous, owing to the alternate blackifli- 

 brown rings with wliich every hair is marked, and which 

 give a kind of fpecklcd appearance to the whole. The 

 nails on the hands are longiih, but rounded at their extremi- 

 ties ; thofe on the toes longer and acuminate. The fpnce 

 on each fide the tail is large, bare and red : the tail is about 

 three inches long. 



Variegata ; Yellow Baboon. This fpecies is of a 

 bright yellow colour mixed with black ; the face is loiig, 

 black, naked ; the hands are covered on the back with hair. 

 It very much refembles the fylvatica, and is found in Africa. 

 Above the eyes are feveral long dufky hairs : it is about two 

 feet high. 



CiNBREA ; Cinereous Baboon. The face of this is dufl<y ; 

 the beard is of a pale brown ; the crown is variegated with 



yellow ; the body is cinereous. It is found in divers parts 



of Africa, and is about two feet high. 



LiVEA ; Blue-faced Baboon. The face of this fpecies 

 isblueilh ; it has two broad flat fore-teeth ; the beard is pale 

 brown. Over the eyes are long hairs ; the ears with a tuft 

 of hair behind each ; the hair is black mixed with cinereous 

 and rulty-brown : this is three feet high. 



Platypygos ; Brown Baboon. The face is of a dirty 

 white, furrounded with (hurt (traight hairs. The upper part 

 of the body is brown, under cinereous ; tail tapering, 

 almoft bare ; it is naked beneath. This fpecies, according 

 to La Ccpcde, is the fame with the long-legged baboon de- 

 fcribed in the additions to Bufi'on. The ligure there given 

 is the fame with that in Mr. Pennant's Quadrupeds. The 

 diftinguiihing charafter of the animal feems to be the great 

 length of its limbs. 



Cristata ; Creiled Baboon. In this fpecies the hair on 

 the crown of the head and cheeks is long and diflievelled. 

 The body is covered with long black hair ; the breaft is 

 whitifh ; the face, hands, and feet are bbck and naked ; the 

 tail is tapering, and about feven inches long ; the animal is 

 two feet high. It is an inhabitant of India. 



Seftion C. MoNKIES luit/} long Taih, that are not prehenjile ; 

 the Cheeks are pouched, and the Haunches naked. 



Cynosurus ; Dog-tailed Monkey. It has no beard ; the 

 face is long ; the forehead footy ; it has a whitifli band over 

 the eyes ; male genitals coloured ; the nails are convex. It 

 is about two feet high, and is faid to be faithlefs, reftlefs, 

 and lafcivious. The face of this animal appears uncom- 

 monly mild and placid. It was very fond of fnuff, which 

 it would occafionally rub over its body in a very ridiculous 

 ftyle. 



Hamadryas ; Tartarian Monkey. Tliis is dcfcribed 

 as cinereous ; the ears are hairy ; tiie nails fliarpifli ; the 

 haunches red. It inhabits Africa, is fierce and very Angu- 

 lar in its appearance. The face is prominent ; the nofe 

 fmooth and red ; the cars are pointed, and almoll hidden in 

 fur ; the hair on the fides of the head, and as far as the waiit, 

 long and fliaggy ; the nails of the fingers are flat, thofe of 

 the toes acute and narrow : it is about five feet high. There 

 is a variety, of which above the fore-head is prominent, ter- 

 minating in a ridge. It inhabit-; the Cape of Good Hope, 

 is very gregarious, pillages gardens, and is watchful of fur- 

 prize ; the head is large ; the nofe is long and thick ; the 

 ears fliort ; the crown is covered with long upright liairs ; 

 the body is rough and hairy ; the tail is about half the length 

 of the body, arched at the end ; the nails are flat and 

 rounded ; the haunches are red, and the animal is from four 

 to five feet high. 



Vkier ; Lowando. The beard is black ; the body is 

 white. There is a variety witli a white beard. It is found 

 in Ceylon, is wild, ferocious, and milchicvous. The tu(ks 

 of this fpecies are long and large ; the head is furrounded 

 with a broad mane ; the body is long and tapering : it is 

 between three and four fei-t high. 



SlLIENs; Wanderu. The beard of this animal is long 

 and black ; and the body is black. There are three other 

 varieties of this fpecies. The firfl has a bufliy beard, is 

 found in Ceylon, and other parts of India. The lecond is of 

 a jet black colour ; the beard is white, and very long ; 

 it inhabits Guinea, and ii about two feet high. The third 

 has a while beard, which is triangular, (liort, and pointed, 

 extending on each fide beyond the ears. It inhabits Ceylon, 

 is Iiarnilefs, and Uves in the woods ; it feeds on leaves and 

 buds, and is eaOly tamed ; the body is black ; the face and 



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