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  PAPIO 
  

  

  gray 
  at 
  base, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  at 
  tips; 
  shoulders 
  and 
  arms, 
  mixed 
  yellow, 
  

   brown, 
  and 
  black, 
  similar 
  in 
  color, 
  but 
  paler 
  than 
  body 
  ; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  speckled 
  with 
  pale 
  yellow; 
  under 
  parts 
  grayish 
  white 
  

   with 
  a 
  reddish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  tail 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  hairs 
  ochraceous 
  at 
  base 
  near 
  

   root 
  of 
  tail. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  863.60; 
  tail, 
  323.85; 
  foot, 
  139.70. 
  

   Ex 
  Desmarest's 
  type, 
  Paris 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  animal 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  and 
  not 
  full 
  grown. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  reddish 
  

   coloring 
  so 
  characteristic 
  of 
  P. 
  papio, 
  and 
  nothing 
  of 
  an 
  olivaceous 
  hue 
  

   to 
  warrant 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Geoffroy. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Gray, 
  J. 
  J. 
  Monteiro, 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  

   of 
  what 
  is 
  probably 
  this 
  species, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  anubis, 
  as 
  observed 
  

   by 
  him 
  in 
  Angola, 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  $, 
  and 
  J, 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  The 
  country 
  is 
  hilly 
  and 
  cut 
  by 
  deep, 
  dry 
  and 
  solitary 
  gullies, 
  

   and 
  grand 
  rocky 
  ravines. 
  The 
  vegetation 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  dry, 
  prickly 
  

   shrubs, 
  a 
  few 
  roots 
  of 
  grass, 
  and 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  thick 
  club-stemmed 
  

   dwarf 
  shrubs, 
  bearing 
  a 
  few 
  leaves 
  only 
  during 
  the 
  few 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  in 
  which 
  rain 
  falls; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  nothing 
  is 
  seen 
  but 
  dry 
  

   rock 
  and 
  leafless 
  firewood, 
  scorched 
  and 
  burnt 
  month 
  after 
  month 
  by 
  

   the 
  constant 
  tropical 
  sun. 
  At 
  distances 
  far 
  apart, 
  brackish 
  water 
  is 
  

   sparingly 
  obtained 
  by 
  Zebras, 
  these 
  Monkeys, 
  and 
  other 
  tropical 
  

   animals, 
  by 
  excavating 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  gullies. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  food 
  of 
  these 
  Apes 
  is 
  the 
  root 
  and 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  thick, 
  

   tuber 
  rooted 
  shrubs 
  (Webwitschia?) 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  

   root 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  grows 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  these 
  

   Monkeys 
  gnaw 
  it 
  off 
  as 
  a 
  sheep 
  does 
  a 
  turnip 
  or 
  mangel-wurzel, 
  their 
  

   dog-like 
  elongated 
  jaws, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  dentition, 
  appearing 
  to 
  him 
  

   specially 
  adapted 
  to 
  this 
  manner 
  of 
  feeding. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  gregarious 
  ; 
  he 
  once 
  counted 
  fifteen 
  together, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   days 
  previous 
  to 
  his 
  writing, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  thirty 
  to 
  forty 
  came 
  down 
  

   to 
  drink 
  at 
  a 
  well 
  he 
  had 
  opened 
  at 
  the 
  copper 
  mines. 
  He 
  was 
  then 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  exploring 
  at 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  inland 
  from 
  Cuio 
  Bay. 
  Two 
  

   were 
  captured 
  alive 
  at 
  Equimena, 
  a 
  place 
  twelve 
  miles 
  south. 
  

  

  They 
  run 
  very 
  fast, 
  on 
  all-fours, 
  in 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  sideway 
  gallop, 
  the 
  

   young 
  ones 
  holding 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  dams. 
  It 
  seems 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  ascertain 
  exactly 
  their 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  either 
  

   in 
  longitude 
  or 
  latitude 
  from 
  the 
  bay, 
  though 
  he 
  believes 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   reach 
  northward 
  of 
  the 
  River 
  Quanza. 
  "It 
  perhaps 
  deserves 
  to 
  be 
  

   mentioned 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coast, 
  

   the 
  vegetation 
  assumes 
  a 
  more 
  luxuriant 
  character; 
  but 
  these 
  rivers 
  

  

  