VARIEGATED BABOON. 
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the tufted Ape^ and, as usual in such cases^ has 
been thence transferred into some other works 
The variegated Baboon is of a fierce disposition^ 
and extremely muscular and strong. Its voice 
somewhat resembles the slight roar of a lion : it 
is a rare species^ and is not often imported into 
Europe. Mr. Pennant observes^ that its posture, 
when walking, is a proof of the excellency of Ges- 
ner s figure, which, from its singularity of ap- 
pearance, had often been thought erroneous ; but 
it is certain that Gesner's figure represents the 
common or brown Baboon, and the general out- 
line of the body is nearly the same in both. 
* In the drawing, which is a very indifferent one, now preserved 
in the British Museum, not only the nose, on each side, but also 
the bare part of the forehead, even to some distance beyond the 
ears, is represented of a fine blue ; and the ridge and tip of the nose 
red. Upon the whole, I believe there can remain but little doubt 
of its having been made either from a disfigured specimen, or else 
hastily and erroneously drawn in some particulars, and, perhaps, 
coloured afterwards from recollection. The whole upper part of 
the animal is coloured grey-brown j and the whole under part 
dull flesh colour; seeming quite void of hair, as well as the insides 
of the limbs. In the same volume of drawings are also two other 
representations, evidently intended for the same animal : they arc 
rather better painted than the former, but with the same parti- 
cularities. 
