Case eighteen presents us with several beautiful vari- 

 eties, amongst which tlie bearded ape stands conspicuous. 

 Here, also, in the vicinity, may be remarked the rib-nosed 

 baboon, which was once a great attraction at Exeter- 

 Change. Whilst there lie was exceedingly docile to his 

 keepers, though easily exasperated, by strangers ; and 

 amongst his other accomplishments, he had been taught 

 to drink grog and sinoke tobacco. In the first he de- 

 lighted, but tlie latter was not sucli a lixvourite, and a 



bribe of gin*and-\\ ater was generally promised before 

 its performance. His cage was furnished with a small, 

 but strong arm-chair, into which, when ordered, he 

 would sent himself with great gravity, and await further 

 orders. All his mana^uvres were performed with great 

 slowness and composure. 1U>^ keeper having liglited his 

 pipe, presented it to him, when he usually inspected it 

 minutel}^, sometimes feeling it with his finger, as if to 

 know it was lighted. Then putting the waxed end 

 into his mouth, and holding a newspaper before his 



eyes, he alternately began to smoke and read with all 

 the solemnity of an elderly gentleman immersed in un- 

 ravelling the tangled web of political opinions. 



