266 NATURAL THEOLOGY. 



and, in order to support its head, hooks its upper 

 tusks upon the branches of trees.^° 



^ This notion of the babyroussa sleeping on its feet and hang- 

 ing by its teeth the while, is a mere fancy. It has arisen from 

 the difficulty of accounting for the teeth, which rise out from 

 the mouth, and turn up before the eyes. The better opinion is, 

 that they guard the eyes in rushing through the thick under- 

 wood. 



