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of the hair on each side the head, which flows over 

 the shoulders in such a manner as to form a kind 

 of mantle. It is a native of many parts of Africa, 

 and, like most other Baboons, is of a ferocious dis- 

 position. In a state of nature it feeds entirely on 

 fruits and grain ; and is said to commit great>]ia- 

 voc in plantations of various kinds. This Baboon 

 was one of the sacred animals of the ancient Egyp- 

 tians, and frequently appears among the hierogly- 

 phics inscribed on the ancient sarcophagi and 

 obelisks of that countrj^ It is also one of those 

 species which are furnished with a tail of moderate 

 length. 



Among the Baboons with very short tails, the 

 most remarkable is the S. Mormon, or variegated 

 Baboon j finely represented in the first number of 

 the Museum Leverianum. It is of an olive-brown 

 colour, with a cast of yellow, and thickly be- 

 sprinkled with small black specks. The whole 

 length of the nose, in the full-grown animal, is of 

 a vivid red, and the cheeks of a bright blue, marked 

 on each side by several deep furrows : round the 

 lower part of the body, the skin is of a beautiful 

 changeable violet-colour, shaded with red. Like 

 the former, it is a native of various parts of Africa. 



