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between himself and his pursuers. On another occasion Mr. Johnston relates how 
he killed a female out of a troop of baboons lie encountered in these districts, 
who received him with snarlings and other expressions of hostility. After taking 
the carcase home, he proceeded to cook and eat a portion of it, and although he 
states that he found the flesh succulent and palatable, we venture to think that his 
THE YELLOW BABOON (J nat. size). 
example will not be generally imitated by those who follow in his footsteps. As 
we shall see later on, the natives of Guiana are in the habit of eating roast monkey 
—or at least they were so in the time of Humboldt. 
The Guinea Baboon ( Papio sphinx). 
There are few species of Mammals that have given rise to more confusion in 
Natural History literature than this one, of which examples have been described 
