THE ETHIOPIAN, &c. 241 



thev Teem to have been tranfported by the 

 Dutch to the Cape of Good Hope *. 



XII. 



The ETHIOPIAN, or CAPE VERD BOAR 1. 



IN the neighbourhood of Cape Verd, there is 



another hog or boar, whic«h, from the number 



Vol. VIII. Q_ oi 



* The hogs which have been brought from J.iva to the 

 Cape have very fhort legs ; and they are black, and without 

 brinks. Their belly is fu large that it nearly reaches the 

 ground. Their lard is not io tirm as that of the Europein 



• hog. Their tlefh is extremely good ; Defcript. dii Cap. de 



Bonne ejperance, par Kolbe, torn 3 p. 4^. 



+ Ethiopian hog witll fmall tufks i;i the lower jaws ; very- 

 large ones in the upper, in old boars, bending up towards the 

 forehead in form of a lemicircle; 110 fore teeth ; nofe broad, 

 depi-effed, and almoll of a horny hardnefs ; head very large 

 ^nd broad ; beneath each eye a hollow, formed of loofe 

 fltin, very foft, and wrinkled ; under thefe a great lobe or 

 wattle, lying almoll horizontal, broad, flat, and rounded ac 

 the end, placed fo as to intercept the view of any thing below 

 from the animal. Between thefe and the mouth, on each 

 fide, a hard callous protuberance; mouth fmall ; Ikin duflcy ; 

 brilUes difpofed \n fafciculL, of about five each ; longea between, 

 the eais, and on the beginning of the back, and but thinly 

 difperfed on the reft of the back. Ears large and fharp ■ 

 pointed, infide lined with long whitifli hairs ; tail ilender and 

 flat ; does not reach lower than the thighs, and covered with 

 taii-s difpofed in fafcicuH; Pennanfs fpa^J. of quad, f- 10- 



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