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the regularity and order which every-where prevail a- 

 mong the numerous families that inhabit the earth, the 

 bed and mod approved fyftems of arrangement fall infi- 

 nitely fhort of precifion : They ferve, indeed, to direct 

 us to the general characters which form the diftinguifh- 

 ing features of each genus, but are very inadequate to 

 difcriminate the intermingled {hades and nice touches by 

 which all are diverfified. 



The drawing of this animal was taken from one fhewn 

 in London under the name of the Persian Savage. — - 

 Its head was large ; muzzle long and thick; eyes fmall; 

 face naked, and of an olive colour ; the hair on its fore- 

 head feparated in the middle, and hung down on each 

 fide of the face, from thence down its back as far as its 

 waift ; it was long and fhaggy, of a bluifh-grey colour, 

 freckled with dark fpots ; the hair on the lower part of 

 the body fhort ; its buttocks bare and red. 



That defcribed by Mr Pennant, which feems to agree 

 with this, is reprefented as very fierce and untraceable. 



It inhabits the hotter! parts of Africa and Afia, lives in 

 troops, and commits great depredations in gardens and 

 cultivated grounds; is above five feet high, exceedingly 

 ftrong, vicious, and impudent. 



The Ursine BABOON 



is not unlike the laft, but rather lefs. Its nofe is long ; 

 head large; ears fhort; forehead "high and prominent, 

 terminating in a ridge ; the body thick and ftrong, co- 

 vered with long dulky hair, which gives it the appear- 

 ance of a young Bear ; its tail half the length of the bo- 

 dy ; buttocks red. 



This animal is very numerous about the Cape of Good 



