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species in comparison with the Common Baboon; 
and is a native of the hottest parts of Africa and 
Asia, where it is said to reside in vast troops, and 
to be very fierce and dangerous. There is a 
wonderful degree of sagacity in the countenance 
of this animal, and a kind of solemn contempla- 
tive disposition seems to be strongly indicated in 
its looks, when calm and undisturbed • but when 
irritated, the most striking efforts of vindictive 
violence are immediately exhibited. It is also 
possessed of an uncommon degree of obstinate 
moroseness, surpassing most others of its tribe, 
and is, when in a state of confinement, of a dis- 
position so rude and unquiet, and of manners 
so peculiarly indecorous as generally to frustrate 
all attempts to civilize and reclaim it. 
A supposed variety of this species, called by 
Mr. Pennant the Ursine Baboon, is said to be not 
uncommon in the neighbourhood of the Cape of 
Good Hope ; of a dusky colour, and covered all 
over with long shaggy hair ; it is nearly of the 
size of a man : the head very large ; the nose long 
and thick ; the ears short and thick, and the 
crown of the head covered with long upright hair : 
the tail is of the length of the body, and the bare 
spaces on each side of a blood-red colour. This 
variety is said to inhabit the mountainous parts 
about the Cape, and to descend occasionally into 
the plains in order to pillage gardens and planta- 
tions. 
The figure of the S. Hamadryas, in the Specu- 
lum Linn^anum, was a real portrait from an un- 
