LECTURE 11. 43 



ceding in being entirely white, except the face 

 and hands : it is the Simia Moloch of Audebert. 

 Of this animal, an admirable specimen exists in 

 the Leverian Museum, and is well represented in 

 the second number of the work entitled MmeMm 

 Lecerianum. It is impossible to contemplate the 

 animal, without being struck with the very pe- 

 culiar appearance which its general resemblance 

 to the human figure gives it. 



The common Barbary Ape, and the smaller 

 variety or Pygmy Ape, are too well known to re- 

 quire particularizing: the latter is supposed by 

 Mr. Pennant to have been the Pygmy of the an- 

 cients ; so famous for their supposed battles with 

 the Cranes. 



The next division of the genus Simia compre- 

 hends what are called the Baboons. They are in 

 general of large size, with lengthened dog-like 

 faces, very muscular bodies, and tails of different 

 lengtlis in the different species. One of the most 

 remarkable is the Simia Hamadryas of Linnaeus, 

 or Grey Baboon. It is of an elegant grey colour, 

 with the hair thickly mottled or freckled with mi- 

 nute dusky specks. As a species, it is particularly 

 distinguished by the excessive length and fulness 



