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species in comparison with the Common Baboon ; 

 and is a native of the hottest parts of Africa and 

 Asia, where it is said to reside in vast troops,, and 

 to be very fierce and dangerous. There is a 

 wonderful degree of sagacity in the countenance 

 of this animal, and a kind of solemn contempla- 

 tive disposition seems to be strongly indicated in 

 its looks, when calm and undisturbed ; but when 

 irritated, the most striking efforts of vindictive 

 violence are immediately exhibited. It is also 

 possessed of an uncommon degree of obstinate 

 moroseness, surpassing most others of its tribe, 

 and is, when in a state of confinement, of a dis- 

 position so rude and unquiet, and of manners 

 so peculiarly indecorous as generally to frustrate 

 all attempts to civilize and reclaim it. 



A supposed variety of this species, called by 

 Mr. Pennant the Ursine Baboon, is said to be not 

 uncommon in the neighbourhood of the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; of a dusky colour, and covered all 

 over with long shaggy hair ; it is nearly of the 

 size of a man : the head very large ; the nose long 

 and thick ; the ears short and thick, and the 

 crown of the head covered with long upright hair : 

 the tail is of the length of the body, and the bare 

 spaces on each side of a blood-red colour. This 

 variety is said to inhabit the mountainous parts 

 about the Cape, and to descend occasionally into 

 the plains in order to pillage gardens and planta- 

 tions. 



The figure of the S. Hamadryas, in the Specu- 

 lum Linnrearium, was a real portrait from an un- 



