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O F T H a 



HOG KIND. 



THE hog kind feem to unite thofe diftindions by which others arc 

 fcparatcd. They refenr.ble the horfe in the number of their teetn, 

 which a. no-jnt to forty- four, in the length of their head, and in having 

 but one ftonnach. They rcfennble the cow in their apparently cloven 

 hoofs, and the pofition of their inteftines ; and they refemble the rapa- 

 cious kind in their appetite for flefh, in their not chewing the cud, and 

 in their numerous progeny. Like them they have fhort inteftines; their 

 hoofs alfo, though apparently cloven, on anatomical infpeftion, appear 

 formed with bones like beafts of pr^yi and the number of their teats inr 

 creafes the (imilitude. 



The wild Boar is bv no means fo ftupid nor fo filthy, as that reduced 

 to tarnenefs ; he is fmaller; his colour an iron grey, inclining to black ; 

 his fnout is much longer than that of the came hog ; ears (horter, 

 rounder, and black. He roots up the ground like a furrow, and docs 

 irreparable damage in cultivated lands. The tufks ot this animal arc 

 large, fome of them almoft a foot long. Thefe grow from both the 

 under and upper jaw, bend upwards circularly, and are exceeding (harp; 

 they never falh all the hog kind never (bed their teeth. The tulks of 

 the lower jaw are moft to be dreaded, and give very terrible wounds. 



The wild boar can properly be called neither folitary nor gregarious. 

 The three firft years the litter follows the fow, and the family lives toge- 

 ther. They are then called beads of companv, and unite their forces 

 againft bealls of prey, calling to each orher with a very loud and fierce 

 note; the ftrongeft face the danger, and rhe we.ikcft fall into tar centre. 

 In this pofition tew ravenous beads dare attack tnem. Wiien the wild 

 boar is mature, and confcious of his ftrcngth, he walks the forcll alone, 

 and fearlcfs. 



The hog, in a natural date, feeds chiefly on roots and vegetables ; 

 feldom attacks other animals ; but if an animal die in the fort ft, 

 or is lb wounded that it can make no refidance, it becomes a prey to 

 the hog, who feldom refufes animal food, how putrid focver, though 

 never a: the pains of taking or procuring it alive. In A '. erica, feeds 

 upon rattle fnakes with fafety, and is in that refpeft very ufelul. 



It is of all quadrupeds moll delicate in the choice of vegetables, and 

 yejefts a greater nymberthan others. The cow^ we are allured by Lin- 



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