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MONKEYS. 
of Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and the 
Cape of Good Hope, they are extremely nu- 
merous. They abound also in every part of 
India and the Asiatic islands, in Japan, in 
the south of China, and in the forests of 
South America, from the isthmus of Darien to 
Rio de la Plata. 
In the apes we see the whole external struc- 
ture impressed with a striking resemblance to 
the human figure. To this division belongs 
the ouran outang described in the first part. 
The baboon exhibits a less striking simili- 
tude to the human form, rarely raising him- 
self to an erect position, unless through the 
influence of instruction and constraint. These 
animals have short tails, long faces, and eyes 
deeply sunk in their sockets ; they are in 
general very ugly, and their disposition is 
characterised by the most brutal fierceness. 
Some baboons are nearly equal in stature and 
superior in strength to man. 
