MONKEYS. 
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The monkeys are much smaller than the 
former, and more unlike the human species. 
a state of nature they never walk erect. 
They are active, lively, and mischievous, full 
of frolic and grimace, prying and inquisitive, 
^'estless, troublesome, and extremely addicted 
to thieving. 
Having already exhibited in the ouran 
outang a specimen of the apes, we shall pro- 
oeed to make the reader acquainted with the 
baboons by the delineation of one or two spe- 
cies of that division. 
fbe mandril, or great ribbed-nose baboon 
(the largest figure in the engraved group), is a 
native of the hottest parts of Africa. It is not 
less remarkable for its strength and size than 
for the beauty of its variegated colours. The 
nose is marked on each side with broad ribs 
nf a fine violet colour : lines of vermilion run 
from above the eyes on each side of the nose, 
nnd meet on the tip. The inside of the ears is 
