. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE HAMADRYAS. 137 (Tiiotli) on Egyptian monuments was exact. Tlie uncouth-looking male is, indeed, a formidable animal, .something between a Lion and a French Poodle in appearance, with long hair over his shoulders and fore-parts. Their impudence was excessive, aiid the day before they had come into the commissariat enclosure and commenced pilfering the grain. Subsequently the Baboons were found up the country, at an elevation of 9,000 feet, and wherever there were passes leading from the coast to the table-lands, there they abounded, and
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE HAMADRYAS. 137 (Tiiotli) on Egyptian monuments was exact. Tlie uncouth-looking male is, indeed, a formidable animal, .something between a Lion and a French Poodle in appearance, with long hair over his shoulders and fore-parts. Their impudence was excessive, aiid the day before they had come into the commissariat enclosure and commenced pilfering the grain. Subsequently the Baboons were found up the country, at an elevation of 9,000 feet, and wherever there were passes leading from the coast to the table-lands, there they abounded, and it was evident that they kept close to the sides of the rocky ravines. The herds vary in number; some camiot include less than 250 to 300 Monkeys of all ages. The old males are always most conspicuous animals, :ill the fore-part of their body being covered with long hair. They ttsually take the lead when the troop is moving, some of them also lirin-iiiL? up the rear ; others placing themselves on high rocks or. bushes, and keeping a sharp look-out after enemies. A troop collected on a rocky crag presents a most singular appearance. Sometimes large numbers were seen assembled round springs in the evening near Senafe, where the want of water was great. On such occasions, every jutting rock and every little stone more prominent than the rest was occupied by a patriarch of the herd, who sat with the gravity and watchfulness befitting his grizzled hair, waiting patiently till the last of his human rivals had slaked his thirst and that of his cattle. Around, the females were mainly occupied in taking care of the young, the smaller Monkeys amusing themselves by gambolling around. Occasionally, if a j'oung Monkey became too noisy, or interfered with the repose of one of his seniors, he " caught it'' in most unmistakable style, and was dismissed with many cufl's, a wiser if not a better Monkey. The Baboon feeds on wild fruits, berries, and seeds, and often on the buds of trees and
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