monkeys. 
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This species of baboon appears to be a 
harmless and inoffensive animal, living upon 
fruits and roots, which it digs out of the earth 
with its paws : but, for defence against its 
enemies, such as the hysena, the leopard, and 
the wild dog, it is armed with formidable 
canine teeth, and, when driven to extremity, 
will successfully defend itself against the 
fiercest wolf-hound. It will grapple its an- 
tagonist by the throat with its fore-paws, 
while it tears open the jugular vein with its 
tusks. In this manner a stout baboon has 
been known to dispatch several dogs before 
he was overpowered ; nay, it is even asserted, 
that the leopard is sometimes defeated and 
worried to death by a troop of these animals, 
for it is only in large bands that they can 
resist this powerful enemy. 
The ursine baboons are occasionally trou 
hlesome to mankind, by robbing gardens, 
and corn-fields ; but Mr. Pringle, who has 
