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we enter upon the decription of this creature, it may not be amis jut to premie, that Naturalits have divided the Monkey tribe into three claes; viz. Apes, Baboons, and Monkeys.

Baboons are characteried by having hort tails, canine teeth, and the lower part of the face prominent or truncated, like the nout of wine: In general, they, with the ret of the Monkey kind, go upon all fours; though ometimes, and the Ape more frequently than the Baboon, or Monkey, go erect: the poition deigned by Nature was certainly prone, and when in their wild tate, and uneducated, this is evidently their manner of walking; ele would the fore feet or paws have more oftnes of kin, and les calloity than they really have; in this particular the fore feet differing nothing from the hinder ones, which mut necearily be contantly trodden on: the fingers of the feet are armed with long harp claws or nails.

Of Baboons it may, in general, be aid, they are fierce and ferocious, of great bodily trength, pervere habits, and very libidinous: extraordinary tories are related of their partiality to, and anxiety for, the females of the human race.

The one here repreented is called the Great Baboon, and was in height about 5 feet; from the head to the rump was about 2 feet 9 inches; the length of the arms about 1 foot 9 inches; general colour a greenih black, mixed with brown; acros the hams a patch of purple; a bright vermilion tripe up the noe to the eyes; the cheeks a dark violet blue, with horizontal tripes of white; the eyes mall, and approach very cloe to each other; long hair on the head and houlders in coniderable quantity, a little brighter than the ret of the body. The inner part of the cheeks, that is, the pace between the cheek and the teeth, is very capacious, and erves this pecies of animal as a pouch, in which to tow proviions, &c. Feeds on roots, fruits and herbs, naturally is not carnivorous, eagerly fond of pirituous liquors and wine—inhabits the woods of the hotter parts of Africa.