THE BARBYROUSSA. 24? 



General description. 



drier than that of the European hog, is by no 

 means disagreeable. When killed, the dorsal 

 gland must be immediately cut off; for if this 

 operation be deferred only half an hour the flesh 

 becomes utterly unfit to be eaten. 



One of these animals is in the possession of 

 Mr. Pidcock, at Exeter 'Change, and is so per- 

 fectly tame, as to be allowed the range of one of 

 the principal apartments in the menagerie. 



THE BARBYROUSSA. 



THE barbyroussa though generally classed 

 with animals of the hog kind, differs materially 

 from that species ; as it has neither the bristles, 

 the stature, the head, nor the tail of a hog. Its 

 legs are considerably longer; its body more 

 slender; its ears short and pointed, and its tail 

 long and tufted at the end. The body is also 

 covered with short soft hair, of a dark grey co- 

 lour mixed with red; and the jaws are furnished 

 with four large tusks ; the two stoutest of which 

 proceed from the under jaw, pointing upwards, 

 and standing nearly eight inches out of the sock- 

 ets; the two others rise up like horns on the out- 

 side of the upper jaw, and extend in a curve 

 above the eyes. These tusks are of the most 

 beautiful ivory ; but not so hard as those of the 

 elephant. 



Though, by its teeth and tusks, the barby- 



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