RIBBED NOSE BABOON. 19 
Its nails are flat ; its feet and hands of a dusky 
colour. Its tail stands erect, and is 'very hairy, 
from four to six or seven inches in length. Tim 
rump of a vermilion colour ; and the beautiful 
colours on the hips are gradations from red to 
blue ; the inside of the thighs a light blue* This 
is a native of the interior of Africa. 
Mandrill maimon, or ribbed nose baboon. 
This baboon has along naked nose, of a flesh 
colour, compressed sideways, ribbed obliquely 
on each side, and striped with blue ; on the chin 
a short, picked, orange heard : its tail, which 
is between two and three inches long, and very 
hairy, it carries erect ; its buttocks are bare ; its 
hair is soft and long, of a reddish brown upon 
the body, and grey upon the breast and belly. It 
has cheek pouches ; its ears, the palms of its 
hands, and the soles of its feet, are naked. 
The ugliness of this baboon is perfectly dis- 
gusting. From his nostrils distils perpetually a 
kind of mucus, which, with his tongue, he licks 
into his mouth. His body is of a squat figure ; 
his buttocks are of a blood colour. The deep 
longitudinal wrinkles or ribs, on each side of his 
nose, augment the sulknness and deformity of his 
aspect. 
They differ as to size ; some are only two feet 
long from the nose to the tail ; others four, or 
even five. They are more tractable, and less im- 
pudent than the great baboon, but equally dis- 
agreeable. They are found on the Gold coast* 
and other southern provinces of Africa, 
