VARIEGATED BABOON. 19 



the tufted Ape, and, as usual in such cases, has 

 been thence transferred into some other works # . 



The variegated Baboon is of a fierce disposition, 

 and extremely muscular and strong. Its voice 

 somewhat resembles the slight roar of a lion : it 

 is a rare species, and is not often imported into 

 Europe. Mr. Pennant observes, that its posture, 

 when walking, is a proof of the excellency of Ges- 

 ner s figure, which, from its singularity of ap- 

 pearance, had often been thought erroneous ; but 

 it is certain that Gesners figure represents the 

 common or brown Baboon, and the general out- 

 line of the body is nearly the same in both. 



* In the drawing, which is a very indifferent one, now preserved 

 in the British Museum, not only the nose, on each side, but also 

 the bare part of the forehead, even to some distance beyond the 

 ears, is represented of a fine blue ; and the ridge and tip of the nose 

 red. Upon the whole, I believe there can remain but little doubt 

 of its having been made either from a disfigured , specimen, or else 

 hastily and erroneously drawn in some particulars, and, perhaps, 

 coloured afterwards from recollection. The whole upper part of 

 the animal is coloured grey-brown ; and the whole under part 

 dull flesh colour j seeming quite void of hair, as well as the insides 

 of the limbs. In the same volume of drawings are also two other 

 representations, evidently intended for the same animal : they are 

 rather better painted than the former, but with the same parti- 

 cularities. 



