NATURAL HISTORY. 43. 
where it is liable to meet with a temporary fcarcity ;~ 
nature never beftowing any particularity on a. being, 
but in conformity with the neceflity of rendering it 
capable of living wherever it is placed. Thus arifes_ 
the great difference in animated nature from the vari- 
ety ofclimates, and not, as fome have falfely and unphi- 
lofophically imagined, to diftinguifh every part of 
the creation from each other. 
The baboon’ fometimes walks ereét. Inftead of 
nails, the hands and feet are armed with claws, to a- 
dapt it for climbing, and render it formidable to thofe 
natural enemies it meets with, whereit is obliged to 
feek its fubfiftence. Forbin ‘relates, that in Siam, 
when the menare at harveft work, whole troops of 
them will attack a village, where the women are, ob- 
liged to defend themfelves with clubs, and. other 
weapons, from their brutal infults, Whatever they 
undertake, they execute with furprifing fkill and reg- 
ularity. When they attack an orchard, they do it 
with ail the fkill and precaution of an army ina fiege. 
They have their fentinels, and their lines are moft or- 
derly formed. ‘The female produces but one, which 
fhe carries in her arms. 
Baboonsare not carnivorous; they feed upon fruits, 
corn, and roots. ‘Vheir internal parts have a greater 
refemblance to thofe of quadrupeds than mandkind. 
The mandril mentiond by Smith, is a native of the 
Gold Coaft. It grows four or five feet high, and. 
more frequently walks ereét than on all fours.. When 
difpleafed, it is faid to weep like a child. 
_ The wanderer isa fmall baboon, remarkable for 
havieg a long white head of hair, and a large beard of 
the fame colour. li 
The little baboon, and the pigtail baboon, are all 
that remain befide of this fpecies. 
Of monkies, there are an innumerable quantity ; we 
have only room, therefore, to name them as follows; 
dog faced, lion tailed, hare lipped, fpelted, green, 
white eyelid, negro, Chinefe, varied dove, tawny, 
winking, goat, four fingered, weeping, orange, hor- 
fc antiqua, fox tailed, greateared, filky, and little 
on. " 
