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face. The limbs partake of the character of the body, with the exception of the fore-legs, and 
paws, and the hinder feet, on which the fur is nearly black. 
The baboons are more quadrupedal in their gait than any of the animals hitherto described, 
their formation being w r ell adapted to such a style of progression. Even in walking some 
three or four steps, they seldom move otherwise than on all-fours, and when at liberty in their 
native haunts, are almost invariably seen either to walk like a dog, or to sit in the usual 
GELADA.— Cynocephalus gelada. 
monkey fashion, discarding all attempts to imitate the human attitude. Sometimes they will 
stand in a tolerably erect posture for a few moments if they are desirous of looking at a distant 
object, or of playing some of their fantastic pranks ; but even in that case, they usually aid 
themselves by resting a paw on any convenient support. 
Their paces are generally of two kinds, a walk when they are at leisure and uninterrupted 
in their proceedings, and a gallop when they are alarmed, or otherwise hurried. The walk is 
remarkable for its jaunty impertinence, and must be seen before it can be properly appreciated. 
There is an easy, undulating swagger of the whole person, and a pretentious carriage of the 
tail, that, aided by the quick cunning blink of the little deep-set eyes, imparts an indescribable 
air of effrontery to the animal. This characteristic action is admirably hit off by the artist 
in the figures depicted in the engraving on page 56. Their pace, when hurried, is a gallop, 
somewhat resembling that of a dog. 
