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The MAGOT, or Barbary APE, 



is wilder and more untraceable than the others. His 

 head is large, and his nofe prominent: He likewife dif- 

 fers from the laft, in having cheek pouches, which he 

 frequently fills with food before he begins to eat . The 

 canine teeth are large and ftrong ; ears round, and fome- 

 what like thofe of a man ; The body is covered with hair 

 of a brown colour, inclining to green ; lighter on the 

 belly. When (landing ere£t upon his hind legs, he is 

 generally two feet and a half or three feet high. He 

 walks oftener on four than on two feet ; and, when rett- 

 ing, fupports his body on two prominent callofities, fitu- 

 ated on his buttocks. 



The Magot is a very common fpecies ; and is found in 

 mod parts of Africa, from Barbary to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



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