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Quadrupeds. 



enemy to the elephant, to whom he often gives battle, 

 and is said never to go out of his way, but to endeavour 

 to destroy whatever obstacles present themselves, rather 

 than turn about. He lives on the coarsest vegetables, 

 and frequents the banks of rivers, and marshy grounds ; 

 his hoofs are divided into four, and he grunts like a hog, 

 which he resembles in many other particulars. The 

 female produces but one at a time, and during the first 

 month her young are not bigger than a large dog. . The 

 Rhinoceros is supposed by some to be the Unicorn of 

 holy writ, and possesses all the properties ascribed to that 

 animal, rage, untamableness, great swiftness, and im- 

 mense strength. It was known to the Romans in very 

 early times. Augustus introduced one into the shows, on 

 his triumph over Cleopatra. Some Rhinoceroses have 

 two horns. 



THE COMMON OR DOMESTIC HOG, (Sus scrofa,) 

 DIFFERS chiefly from the wild animal in having smaller 

 tusks, and large and pendant ears. Of all domestic 



