MAMMALIA. 
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In the work entitled La Menagerie du Museum , which was 
published by Cuvier, concurrently with Lacepede and Etienne 
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, the first of these authors gives some 
very interesting details of the habits of the Mandrill. He 
states that the sight of certain women, principally young ones, 
endowed it with veritable fits of madness, “ It recognised them,” 
he says, “in a crowd, and called them by voice and gesture, and 
there can be no doubt that if it had been at liberty, it would 
have done them harm.” 
Among these animals, there are some which preserve their 
docility for a long time. We have an instance of this in the one 
which Mr. Cross exhibited in London, and which in consequence 
of its intelligence acquired considerable reputation. This Mon- 
key, named Happy Jerry, seated himself with an air of hauteur in 
a carriage, drank porter out of a pewter pot, and smoked a pipe 
with all becoming gravity. 
The Drill much resembles the preceding ; it is only dis- 
tinguished from it by its face being completely black, and a 
slight difference in the colour of its pelage. It also inhabits 
Guinea. 
Genus Cynocephalus properly called . — The true Cynocephali have 
a pendent tail of medium length, and at times terminating in 
a tuft. They are less robust than the Mandrills, and are less 
altered by age. The principal species are the Baboon, the Papio, 
and the Chacma. 
The Baboon (Fig. 254) was known to the ancient Egyptians, 
on whose monuments it often appears. It symbolised the god 
Thoth, the inventor of the alphabet, and for this reason it was 
held in great veneration. Numerous mummies of this animal 
have been collected in Egyptian burial-places. 
At the present time they make a less noble figure in 
society. The Orientals train it to perform various tricks, and 
exhibit it in public. It is a native of Abyssinia, Sennaar, and 
Arabia. 
The Chacma exclusively belongs to South Africa. It is more 
particularly met with on Table Mountain, in the neighbour- 
hood of Capetown, and on the Draakenberg range. Troops 
of from twenty to thirty individuals frequent the ravines and 
often enter cultivated grounds, where they commit the greatest 
