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was opened, he came out in good humour, and frisked gaily 

 about in search of food, devouring greedily whatever was 

 offered to him. He was pleased to be stroked, and delighted 

 in a rough brush. Sometimes, with his tail erect, he would 

 amuse himself for hours, pursuing the fallow-deer and other 

 animals. On one occasion, being left alone for a few minutes 

 in the court-yard, he was found, on the return of the keepers, 

 employed in digging the earth. He had made a large exca- 

 vation over a sewer, which doubtless he intended to reach. 

 It was only by the force of several men that he could be 

 made to relinquish his attempt ; and then he expressed his 

 grief and resentment by uttering a sharp and mournful noise. 



The family of Hogs presents itself also, under a slight 

 change of characters, in other parts of Africa, constituting 

 the PHACOCHJERES, or WART-BEARING HOGS, so named on 

 account of certain fleshy prominences and excrescences on 

 the face. These creatures appear to be wild and fierce, and 

 are armed with tusks of great magnitude, which they use 

 with deadly effect when attacked or disturbed in their re- 

 treats. It has been supposed that there are two species ; 

 one of which, inhabiting Guinea, the interior of the Cape, 

 and a vast extent of country, is the Phacochceris Africanus, 

 DBS. ; another, found in Kordofan and Abyssinia, is by some 

 believed to be the creature referred to by .^Elian as the Hog 

 with four Horns, and hence has been termed Phacochczris 

 JEliani. He has a inane of long bristles extending along 

 the back, powerful tusks, and on each of his cheeks two 

 fleshy lobes, one larger and one smaller. He is an inhabi- 

 tant of forests and bushy tracts, and his principal food, like 

 that of others of the family, is vegetable. It is not known 

 whether any of the Wart-bearing Hogs have been reduced 

 to domestication by the tribes of Africa, or whether they 

 breed and form a fruitful progeny with the Common Swine. 



In the New World, the Hog family likewise appears, but 

 under a distinct form. It is there represented by two species, 

 characterized by a glandular opening in the back, whence the 



