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NATURAL HISTORY. ' 
ape is not uncommon. Their clifpofition is 
very gentle and tradable. I'he hair on their 
head leems to eome over the forehead like 
the cowl of a monk. Its hands are remark- 
ably fimilar to thofe of human nature. Of 
all the various fpecies, this, being the mofl: 
harmlels, is mofl: fought after by thole who 
are fond of making fuch creatures the objed 
of their attention and amufement. 
The long-armed ape, called by Mr. BulFon, 
the gibbun, is a moft extraordinary animal; 
It walks ered, has no tail, and has fuch long 
arms, that when he Hands upright he can 
touch thegi'ound with his hands.- 
The tufted ape, has a head fo long, that it 
meafures fourteen inches. It has a long up- 
right tuft of hair on the top of the head, and 
another under the chin. 
There are alfo, the maggot, or Barbary I 
ape ; and the Simia Porcaria., 
77/e BABOO N. 
T 
X HIS animal is about three feet and a half 
high,, has a thick body, ftrong limbs, and 
long canine teeth. The tail is thick, crook- 
ed, and feven inches long. It has a pouch 
in each cheek, where it depofits its provi- 
lions ; which lliows that it is adapted to live 
in countries where it is liable to meet with a 
temporary fcaixrity ; nature never bellowingi 
any 
