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Yonaquas, of reeds so delicate and so close in texture tliat they might be employed in carrying water 
or any liquid. The abstraction of the milk may be considered as a kind of set-off against the appro- 
priation of Kees’s favourite root by his master. The pertinacious way in which Kees bestrode Le 
Vail hint’s Dogs will recall to the remembrance of some a Monkey that was, and perhaps still is, riding 
about London in hat and feather, with garments to match, upon a great Dog, with the usual accom- 
paniment of hand-organ and Pan’s pipe. Upon these occasions the Monkey evidently feels proud 
of his commanding position ; but ever and anon we have seen him suffer from one of those sad 
reverses of fortune to which the greatest among us are subject. In the midst of the performance, 
while the organ and pipe arc playing, and the Monkey has it all his own way, and elevated 
with the grandeur that surrounds him, is looking in a supercilious manner at the admixing crowd, 
some good-natured but unlucky boy throws the Dog a bit of cake, in his zeal to pick up which the 
latter lowers his head and shoulders so suddenly as infallibly to pitch his rider over his head. We 
have thought more than once that there was a sly look about the Dog as he regarded the unseated 
Monkey, utterly confounded by his downfall, and the accompanying shouts of laughter from the 
bystanders. 
The Pig-tailed Baboon being very clever, very agile, and able to use his jaws admirably in 
digging, eating, and fighting, should have a good skull, and certainly that of an adult, although useful 
is extremely ugly. The brain case is even for a Baboon small in comparison with the rest of the 
skull, and it is hidden in front by the large prominences over the orbits ; it swells out behind, 
and is marked by a side crest, which passes backwards to meet that of the other side from above 
each ear. The orbits are separated by a straight (vertical) ridge of bone, which gives a curious 
look to the face, and makes the eyes look straight to the front along the swollen nose. The 
openings for the nostrils in the skull (anterior nares) are large and rather oval, and the upper jaw 
is as it were nipped in above the glanders, and then swollen out above. The long nose bones 
(nasals) are separated by a slight depression from the great ridges of the upper jaw. The huge upper 
canine teeth are most extraordinary. They are slim, slightly curved, long (11, inches), and sharp at the 
tip ; when examined they are almost rapier-shaped or triangular in outline, the front of the triangle is 
grooved, and the back is a sharp cutting edge. The groove is for the top of the lower canine which 
works into it, and the sharp edge behind cuts upon the tooth in the lower jaw behind the lower 
canine (the first pre-molar), pushing it backwards and displacing it. These fangs are very terrible to 
look at, and yet it appears that their principal work is done with the back edge of the upper one 
grinding and cutting on the curiously-started tooth of the lower jaw. They are capital holders, root- 
cutters, and nut-crackers. 
THE SPHINX BABOON.* 
There is nothing much more amusing than to see a young Sphinx Baboon just a little irritated 
by some one who knows him. They are fine large creatui'es even when young, and have then an 
amiable expression of countenance, which they lose with the cares of old age. Greatly resembling the 
young of the Chacma, they have much the same disposition for play, and can bo made a little 
jealous and fierce. Their colour differs, for their black face is encircled by a dark hair with a decided 
greenish tint, which is very universal, and upon this they appear to be arranged as different in kind. 
One in the Zoological Gardens is exceedingly active, running on all-fours well, and climbing up the 
wires of his cage to catch a look at his neighbours. He will come to the side, and on being asked 
whether he will have a scratch turns round and places his back at the disposal of the scratched, whose 
operations he much enjoys ; moreover, he puts out his hands and feet for examination, and is very 
quiet. But he has a trick which is not only very curious but instructive, as it explains how these 
Baboons can throw stones, and with good aim. Somebody who knew him came to see him with a 
lady and offered him a greengage, and when lie was about to take it, pretended to give it to her. 
This excited the indignation of the Sphinx, who trotted off to the further end of his cage and seized 
a tin pot, which sometimes contains food or water. Taking it in both hands lie ran towards the lady 
and threw it forcibly, and in a good line, at lier. He followed his pot, and as it came back by 
Cynocephalus Sphinx. 
