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purfuer, and even endeavour to repel 

 him by voiding his excrements upon 

 him, at the fame time making a variety 

 of grimaces, and affuming a thoufand 

 ridiculous attitudes, which afford no 

 fmall diverfion to the fpeftators. The 

 males are very lafcivious, and frequent- 

 ly practice felf-pollution but what is 

 more particularly worthy of notice, is, 

 that the females of this tribe of animals 

 have their menftrua with the fame re- 

 gularity as thofe of the human fpecies. 



The Howling Baboons, as they are 

 here called, feem to be the animals 

 which are here defcribed by Marcgrave, 

 and which are called by the natives of 

 BraJiU Guereba. They are of the fize 

 of a fox, covered with fine fmooth hair, 

 of a mining black, except on the legs, 

 where it is of a brownifli chefnut' co- 

 lour. The vifage of this animal is erect, 

 and pretty much refembles that of the 

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