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die and yellow at the end : The back and legs are cover- 

 ed with fliort hair, of a dark brown colour, mixed with 

 yellow ; the breaft and belly with long whitifh hair, 

 fpeckled with fmall dark fpots : Its tail is fliort and hairy, 

 nails flat, feet and hands black and naked. 



One of this kind was exhibited about twelve years ago 

 in the North of England. It was five feet high, ex- 

 tremely fierce, libidinous, and ftrong. At the fight of 

 women it difcovered marks of the moft violent paffion : 

 It once caught hold of a lady, who was fo incautious as 

 to approach too near it ; and me was with fome difficulty 

 refcued by the interference of the keeper. Its voice was 

 ftrong and harfh, not unlike the ordinary growl of the 

 Lion. It generally went upon its four feet, unlefs 

 obliged by its keeper to ftand erect. Its moft ufual atti- 

 tude was fitting on its rump, with its arms placed before 

 it. 



This creature inhabits the hotter parts of Africa. 

 Schreber fays, it lives on fucculent fruits and nuts, is 

 fond of eggs, will put eight at once into its pouches, 

 then take them out one by one, break them at the end, 

 and fwallow the contents. 



Our reprefentation of this animal was done from a 

 drawing in the pofleffion of the Rev. Mr Egerton, taken 

 from the life by an eminent painter. 



We fuppofe the Mandrill of Buffbn to be a variety of 

 this fpecies. 



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