424 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



It is a curious circumftance, that not only this, but 

 every animal of the Baboon and Monkey kind we have 

 yet feen, have {hewn a remarkable greedinefs for tobac- 

 co, muftard, and even fnuff, which they eat without ex- 

 preffing the fmalleft inconvenience, and always feem ex- 

 tremely defirous for more. 



The Dog-face d BABOON 



is diftinguifhed by a longer tail than the reft of its kind ; 

 In this refpect, it feems to bear fome affinity to the Mon- 

 key, and has been mentioned under that denomination 

 by feveral naturalifts. 



We may obferve here, that, in tracing the progrefs of 

 animated Nature, we are led, by the molt imperceptible 

 gradations, from one kind to another : The line of fepa- 

 ration feems fo faintly drawn, that we are frequently at 

 a lofs how to fix the boundaries of one clafs without en- 

 croaching upon that of another; and, notwithstanding 



