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animal of the forest, at the same time that they 

 are furnished with arms to terrify the bravest.* 



The Wild Boar, which is the original of all the 

 varieties we find in this creature, is by no means 

 so stupid nor so filthy an animal as that we have 

 reduced to tameness: he is much smaller than 

 the tame hog, and does not vary in his colour as 

 those of the domestic kind do, but is always found 

 of an iron grey, inclining to black ; his snout is 

 much longer than that of the tame hog, and the 

 ears are shorter, rounder, and black, of which 

 colour are also the feet and the tail. He roots 

 the ground in a different manner from the com- 

 mon hog ; for as this turns up the earth in little 

 spots here and there, so the wild boar ploughs it 

 up like a furrow, and does irreparable damage in 

 the cultivated lands of the farmer. The tusks 

 also of this animal are larger than in the tame 

 breed, some of them being seen almost a foot 

 long.t These, as is well known, grow from both 

 the under and upper jaw, bend upwards circularly, 

 and are exceedingly sharp at the points. They 

 differ from the tusks of the elephant in this, that 

 they never fall ; and it is remarkable of all the 

 hog kind, that they never shed their teeth, as 



[* Quadrupeds of this kind have four cutting teeth in the upper jaw, 

 whose points converge ; and for the most part six in- the lower jaw, which 

 stand forwards : There are two tusks in each jaw, those in the upper jaw 

 being short, while those of the under jaw are long, and extend out of the 

 mouth. The snout is prominent, moveable, and has the appearance of hav- 

 ing been cut off, or truncated. The feet are armed with divided or cloven 

 hoofs.] 



f Buflbn, vol. ix. p. 147. 



