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APES AND MONKEYS. 
appendages are reduced to their smallest dimensions. Our first example 
will be 
The Arabian or Sacred Baboon ( Pcipio hamaclrycis). 
The Arabian, or sacred baboon, is the species so commonly represented on the 
ancient monuments of Egypt, and may be easily recognised by its generally ashy- 
THE ARABIAN BABOON (| nat. size). 
grey colour, and the large mane with which the neck and shoulders of the males 
are covered, as is well shown in our illustration. The males of this species are 
about as large as a good-sized pointer dog. The tail is of considerable length, and 
terminates in a tuft of long hair. The face has long whiskers of a slaty colour, 
and is itself, like the ears, flesh-coloured. The hands are black, and the large 
naked callosities on the buttocks bright red. The shaggy mane on the neck and 
