. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . canines; ten upper and ten lower molars. very strong, above all in the males ; the first ana second molars have two tubercleson their crown ; the three others have four, with the exception of the last of the lower jaw,which has five, and which is terminated by a heel; facial angle, forty to forty-five degrees;superciliary ridges much developed; muzzle broad and projecting ; eyes approaching;nostrils oblique; ears naked, close to the head, angular; c
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . canines; ten upper and ten lower molars. very strong, above all in the males ; the first ana second molars have two tubercleson their crown ; the three others have four, with the exception of the last of the lower jaw,which has five, and which is terminated by a heel; facial angle, forty to forty-five degrees;superciliary ridges much developed; muzzle broad and projecting ; eyes approaching;nostrils oblique; ears naked, close to the head, angular; cheek pouches; lips thin andextensible ; callosities on the buttocks. 2 Magot inuus. The Ma got is a sub-genus of the Macacus, characterized by having asimple tubercle, in place of a tail. 80 MAMMALIA—MAG OT. chained, for, notwithstanding its long subjection, it was neither civilized,nor fond of its keeper: apparently, it had been but badly educated, for Ihave seen others of the same kind, who were more sagacious, obedient,gayer, and so tractable as to be taught to dance, and suffer themselvesquietly to be clothed and This ape is about two feet and a half, or three feet high, in its erect pos-ture; but the female is not so large as the male. It is completely coveredwith a light gray brown hair. It rather chooses to walk on all fours, thanerect. When it sleeps, it is almost always sitting. There are two veryprominent callosities on its posteriors. It abounds in Barbary, and in theforests of India, Arabia, and Africa. In Barbary, the trees are sometimesnearly covered with them. This ape is said to have become naturalized inthe most inaccessible parts of the rock of Gibraltar. It is probably this kind of monkey, which Robert Lade speaks of, in thefollowing terms: We travelled over a great mountain at the Cape ofGood Hope, where we diverted ourselves with hunting the large apes,which are there in great plenty. I am not able to represent all the tracta-bleness of these an
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