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MONKEYS. 
blue, and the qutside red : and the hips are 
beautifully shaded with gradations from red 
to blue. The back and legs are dark brown 
mixed with yellow ; the breast and under 
part of the body white, with small dark spots ; 
the beard dark at the roots, orange at the 
middle, and yellow at the end. The hair 
on the forehead is long, and turns back in 
the form of a crest. The tail is short and 
hairy ; and the hands and feet are black 
and naked. 
An individual of this species of baboon, 
which belonged to Mr. Cross, and died in 
the summer of 1832 , was about four feet in 
length, very high in the legs, and had an 
enormous head. Towards his keepers he 
was very docile, but he was easily exasperated 
by strangers : he decidedly preferred cooked 
to undressed vegetables. When at Windsor, 
where he was exhibited to his late Majesty, 
he dined upon hashed venison with an avidity 
