^^ Q^U ADRUPEDS. 



between- the excrefcences and the tufks, is a large callous protuberanea 

 on e.ich fide the face ; ears large and fharp pointed, well lined with long 

 whicilh hairs; tail naked, (lender, and flat, not very long; hoo^s divid- 

 ed ; general colour blackifh ; grows to an enormous fize ; capable of 

 tament-fs, in fome degree at leaft, but irritable and capricious ; naturally- 

 very fwift and fierce ; will not breed with the common fort ; inhabits the 

 Jaotteft parts of Africa -, little of its native manners known. 



THE' 



PECCARY, OR TAJACU. 



THE Peccary, or Tajaru, is native of America and the Antilles, 

 found in h<'rds of feveral hundreds together, grazing among the 

 "woods ; inolTcnfive except when offended. 



The peccary refembles a fmall hog in the form of its body, the fhape 

 of its head, the l.-ngth of its fnour, and the form of its legs; but the 

 body is not To bulkv, its legs not fo long, its briftles much thicker and 

 |lron52:»T than thofc of the hog, lefs refembling hair than the quills of a 

 porcupine, hut are not near fo thick ; are aifo variegated like the porcu-. 

 pine's, Inftead of a tail, it has only a littie flefhy protuberance, which 

 dofs not even cover its pofteriors. It differs from all other quadru- 

 peds by having on its b)ck a lump refembling the navel in other ani- 

 mals, which feparates a liquor of a very ftrong fmell. This lump, 

 (ituated on. the hinder part of the back, is, in general, fo covered with 

 long briftles, that it cannot be feen except thev be drawn afide. A 

 fmall fpace thrn appears, only befet with a few (hort fine hairs. In the 

 middle it rifcs, and has an orifice capable of receiving a goofe quill, 

 about an inch in depth; round it, under the (kin, are fituated a number 

 of fmall glands, whicn diftil a whitifh liquor, in colour and fubftance 

 refembling that obtained from the civet animal ; but offenfive. While 

 fome creatures have thefe ghmds under the belly, of under the tail, the 

 peccary has them on ijC^ back. 



The belly is iliPiOi^ bare ; the briftles en the fides gradually increafe 

 in length, as tiiey approach the ridge of the back, where fome are five 

 inches lo g. On the head, between the ears, is a large tuft of briftles, 

 chiefly black ; ears are about two inches and a half long, ft:anding up- 

 jWght} the eyes-iefemble thofe of a common hog, but fmaller ; the Ihoue 



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