. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE CHACMA. 17 is comparatively useless; and the cunning robbers actually slip past the vigi- lant sentries without the stirring of a grass blade or the rustling of a dried twig, to give notice to the open ears of the wakeful but beguiled sentries. Few animals present a more grotesque mixture of fantastic embellishments and repulsive ferocity than the baboon which is known under the name of Mandrill. The colours of the rainbow are emblazoned on the creature's form, but always in the very spots where one would least expect to see them. 'A bright azure gl
. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE CHACMA. 17 is comparatively useless; and the cunning robbers actually slip past the vigi- lant sentries without the stirring of a grass blade or the rustling of a dried twig, to give notice to the open ears of the wakeful but beguiled sentries. Few animals present a more grotesque mixture of fantastic embellishments and repulsive ferocity than the baboon which is known under the name of Mandrill. The colours of the rainbow are emblazoned on the creature's form, but always in the very spots where one would least expect to see them. 'A bright azure glows, not in its " eyes of heavenly blue," but on each side of its. THE CHACMA. —(Cynocephalus porcarius.) nose, where the snout is widely expanded, and swollen -into two enormous masses. The surfaces of these curious and very unprepossessing projections are deeply grooved, and the ridges are bedizened with the cerulean tint above mentioned. Lines of brilliant scarlet and deep purple alternate with the blue, and the extremity of the muzzle blazes with a fiery red like Bardolph's nose. That all things should be equally balanced, the opposite end of the body is also radiant with chromatic effect, being plenteously charged with a ruddy violet, that is permitted to give its full effect, by the pert, upright caniage of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. New York, Burt Co
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