. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE BARBARY APE, (^Smia Inuusy Lin.—Le Magoty BufF.) Is wilder and more untradlable than the others. Hishead is large, and his nofe prominent: He likewife dif-fers from the laft, in having cheek pouches, which hefrequently fills with food before he begins to eat: Thecanine teeth are large and ftrong; ears round, and fome-what like thofe of a man ; the body is covered with hairof a brown colour, inclining to green;. lighter on thebelly. When ftanding ere£t upon his hind legs, he isgenerally two feet and a half or three feet high
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . THE BARBARY APE, (^Smia Inuusy Lin.—Le Magoty BufF.) Is wilder and more untradlable than the others. Hishead is large, and his nofe prominent: He likewife dif-fers from the laft, in having cheek pouches, which hefrequently fills with food before he begins to eat: Thecanine teeth are large and ftrong; ears round, and fome-what like thofe of a man ; the body is covered with hairof a brown colour, inclining to green;. lighter on thebelly. When ftanding ere£t upon his hind legs, he isgenerally two feet and a half or three feet high. Hewalks oftener on four than on two feet; and, when reft-ing, fupports his body on two prominent callofities, fitua-ted on his buttocks. This is a very common fpecies, and is found in modparts of Africa, from Barbary to the Cape of QoodHope. 454 HISTORY OF THE BABOON, {Simla SphynXi Lin.) Differs from anJmals of the Ape kind, not only in ex-ternal appearance, but alfo in temper and difpofition.—Fierce, untraftable, and libidinous, its difpofition feemsto partake of the hideous and difgufling deformities ofits outward figure.—Its body is thick, compadl-, and ner-vous, and its ftrength prodigious.—Neither art nor ca-refles can render it in any degree docile or obedient. Itfeems to be continually fretting with rage, and feekingevery opportunity of fliewing its favage and vicious pro-penfities.—In a ftate of captivity, it muft be kept clofelyconfined; and, even in that ftate, we have feen one fliakethe bars of his cage fo powerfully with his hands, as toexcite the utmoft terror in the fpeclators. This animal, of which we have given a very faithful HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 455 reprefentation from the life, was about four feet highwhen (landing on its hind legs: Its head was large,fhoulders of an amazing flrength and thicknefs, its muz-
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