. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . rgeon, in Newcaftle. It Is about fifteen inches in height; its face flat, of afine blue colour •, eyes bright hazel; the cheeks markedwith fmall ribs, bounded with thick bufhy hair, of agreenifti colour, finely fpeckled with black; the hair onthe forehead is very long, and runs up to a point on thetop of the fhoulders -, the muzzle Is thick, and furnifliedwith fhort hair, thinly fcattered on each fide; It has afliort thin beard, ending in a point, which is of an orangecolour j the hair on the body is dark brown, mixed withfhade
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . rgeon, in Newcaftle. It Is about fifteen inches in height; its face flat, of afine blue colour •, eyes bright hazel; the cheeks markedwith fmall ribs, bounded with thick bufhy hair, of agreenifti colour, finely fpeckled with black; the hair onthe forehead is very long, and runs up to a point on thetop of the fhoulders -, the muzzle Is thick, and furnifliedwith fhort hair, thinly fcattered on each fide; It has afliort thin beard, ending in a point, which is of an orangecolour j the hair on the body is dark brown, mixed withfhades of green on the back and fides,—the haunchesdulky •, the ears are fmall, naked, and pointed; the tailfhort and hairy; the buttocks bare, and of a red flelh-co-lour ; hands and feet naked : It has cheekpouches; feedson fruits, nuts, roots, and other vegetables. It is livelyand playful, walks commonly on all four, is in continual motion, and leaps with aftonifliing agility. This fpe- cies is faid to come from the coaft of Guinea. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 459. THE PIG-TAILED BABOON, {Simia Nemejirinai Lin.—Le Maimon, BufF.) So termed from its fhort, naked, pig-like tail, is the leaftof all the Baboon kind; a gentle, mild, and tractableanimal; very lively and frolicfome, but has none of thatimpudent petulance fo peculiar to moll of its fpecies.—Its muzzle is large and thick ; face and ears naked, andof a flefh colour; the hair on the head and back is of adeep olive, paleft on the belly; it has hazel eyes, cheekpouches, callofities on the buttocks, which are naked, and of a red colour. It is a native of Sumatra and Japan. One of this kind was (hewn in the North in 1788,from which this drawing was made. It is a curious circumftance, that not only this, butevery animal of the Baboon and Monkey kind we haveyet feen, have fhewn a remarkable greedinefs for tobac- 46o HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. CO, muftard, and even fnufF, which they eat without ex-prefling the fmalleft inconvenienc
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