S34 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



' CHAP. VII. 



" How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, 

 Compar'd, half reas'ning elephant ! with thiue." 



as the brindled boar 



Grins fell destruction, to the monster's heart 

 Let the dart lighten from the nervous arm." 



THOMSON, 



THE WILD' BO JR. 



THIS animal, which is the original of all the 

 varieties to be found in the hog species, is much 

 smaller than the domestic kind ; and does not, 

 like them, vary in colour, but is uniformly of a 

 brindled grey, inclining to black. His snout is 

 considerably longer than that of the tame hog, 

 and his ears are short, round, and black. Each 

 jaw is also armed with formidable tusks, with 

 which he ploughs up the earth like a furrow, in 

 search of roots, &c. and does irreparable damage 

 in cultivated tracts of land : with these also he 

 acts offensively against his enemies, and fre- 

 quently inflicts very terrible wounds. 



