188 PACHYDERMATOUS WATER TRESPASSERS. 



appears to be at first sight. The feet of the Tapir are 

 very curiously constructed, so that their prints upon 

 the muddy banks of the river look very much as if 

 they had been made by some gigantic bird. 



The Malayan species much resembles its American 

 relative in general habits, except that it seldom, if 

 ever, swims, but walks on the bed of the river. 



BABYROUSSA (Bobirussa Alfurus). 



Several of the swine may be ranked among the 

 partial water trespassers, the first of which is the 

 Babyroussa of Malacca. 



The male of this animal often grows to a very large 

 size, and is really a formidable being. It is armed in 

 a very singular manner. The lower jaw possesses 

 tusks like those of the ordinary boar, except that they 

 are very much longer so long, indeed, that they pro- 

 ject very far above the upper surface of the snout. 



Now, even with his comparatively short tusks, the 

 common wild boar is a dangerous foe. In India, the 

 natives think the animal quite as formidable as the 

 tiger ; for it is nearly as active, and can kill a man 

 with a single stroke of its tusks. When, therefore, we 

 see a boar as large as an ordinary donkey, and with 

 enormously developed tusks, it is evident that the 

 animal must be a terrible antagonist, if its activity 

 and courage correspond to its armature. 



Besides these tusks of the lower jaw, the Baby- 

 roussa possesses a second pair, which proceed from 

 the upper jaw, and which are very curiously formed. 



