4*8 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The BABOON 



differs from animals of the Ape kind, not only in ex- 

 ternal appearapce, but alfo in temper and difpofition- 

 Fierce untraceable and libidinous, its difpofition feems 

 to partake of the hideous and difgufting deformities of 

 its outward figure. — Its body is thick, compact, and ner- 

 vous ; and its ftrength prodigious. — Neither art nor ca- 

 refles can render it in any degree docile or obedient. It 

 feems to be continually fretting with rage, and feeking 

 every opportunity of ftiewing its favage and vicious pro- 

 penfities — In a ftate of captivity, it rauft be kept clofely 

 confined \ and, even in that ftate, we have feen one make 

 the bars of its cage fo powerfully with its hands, as to 

 excite the utmoft terror in the fpe&ators. 



This animal, of which we have given a very faithful 

 reprefentation from the life, was about four feet high 

 when Handing on its hind legs : Its head was large, 

 fhoulders of an amazing ftrength and thicknefs, its muz- 



