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NATURAL El STORY. 
These animals are found in considerable numbers in the great island of Celebes, situated in the 
sea between Australia and the mainland of Asia, and they have been introduced by man into the 
Philippine Islands and Batchian. They are, therefore, extra- African, but they are true short-tailed 
Baboons, nevertheless. 
The Black Baboon, when full grown, is about two feet in length, and the tail measures about an 
inch. Its face and neck are not covered, but all the rest of the body, the head, and the limbs, have a 
long black fur, and the hair of the top of the head runs up into a tall long half-curl. The face is loner 
and very melancholy-looking, and the cheeks are smaller, but coloured black on either side of the noset 
But the nose does not extend, like that of a Dog, quite to the end of the muzzle, for the creature has a 
decided upper lip, and the division or septum of the nostrils is long and rather broad, so that these 
openings look downwards and outwards. The seat has a scarlet tint, and the tail is a mere knob. 
THE DRILL. 
Nothing is known about the wild habits of the Black Baboon, but it appears to be a wood Ape, 
and it certainly has not the impudence or the bold aggravating courage of the African Baboon in con- 
finement. They are frequently brought over to Europe, and may be watched in most zoological 
gardens. They are capital climbers, but they like to remain a great deal on the ground, sitting upright 
on their haunches in a very sedate manner. Associating very well with other Monkeys, they appear 
rather affectionate in disposition than otherwise, and may be seen looking very quiet and stately 
whilst some more agile companion rubs his face and lips against theirs, apparently to their grati- 
fication. The distinction between the Black Baboon and the African kinds is slight, and they all belong 
to the same genus,* and therefore must have had a common parent in remote times. But the 
black one lives far away in the Asiatic islands, surrounded by animals different from those which live 
* n -Africa, many of which, nevertheless, have a curious African look about them. Now, the geologist 
asserts that there are proofs of the former connection by land of the mainland of Asia, Hindostan, and 
* Some zoologists make a new genus ( Oynopilhccus ) of the Black Asiatic Baboons. We demur. 
