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THE AFRICAN WILD-BOAR, OR WOOD 

 SWIXE. 



(Sus &thiopiciiSi Linn. Sa-nglicr dn Cap Verd, 



Buft) 



LIVES in a wild, uncultivated state, in the hottest 

 parts of Africa. It is a very vicious animal, and 

 quick in all its motions. It is as dangerous to 

 attack one of them as a Lion : for, though much 

 smaller, it rushes upon a man as swift as an arrow; 

 and throwing him down before he has time to 

 strike with his javelin, breaks his legs, and almost 

 at the same instant, rips up his belly. 



It has four tusks : two very large ones proceed 

 from the upper jaw, and turn upwards like a horn; 

 they are nine inches long, and full five inches round 

 at the base; the other two tusks, which come from 

 the lower jaw, project but three inches from the 

 mouth. These tusks the animal makes use of as 

 the dreadful instruments of his vengeance. He 

 will attack a man on horseback, if he should 



