248 TH'E ETHIOPIAN, OR 



' In fij^ure, he makes a near approach to 

 that of the doineftic hog: He appears to be 

 fmaller, his back being flatter, and his legs 

 fhorter. 



' When compared with other hogs, his head 

 is deformed both in figure and dimenfions. 

 The muzzle is large, flat, and very hard. The 

 nofe is moveable, a little bended laterally toward 

 the bafe, and terminates obliquely. The noftrils 

 are large, diftant from each other, and appear 

 only when the head is raifed. The upper lip 

 is hard, and thick at the fide. Round the tufks 

 it is prominent and pendulous, forming behind 

 ihem a kind of oval cartilaginous protuberance^ 

 which covers the corners of the muzzle. 

 * This animal wants fore teeth both above 



* and below; but the gums are fmooth, rounded, 



' and hard. 



' The tulks of the upper jaw are an inch thick 

 at rhe bafe, crooked, and projedl out of the 

 mouth five inches and a half, and terminate in 

 an obtufe point. On the fide of each of them 

 there i« a kind of furrow. Thofe of the un- 

 der jaw are much fmaller, lefs crooked, and 

 aimed trian-ular. By continual friition a- 

 gainft the upper tufks, they r.ppcar to be cut: 

 dbliq-ieiy. We were prevented from exami- 

 ning the grinders by the furious reliftance of 

 the animal. 



' In proportion to the head, the eyes are fmall, 

 placed higher, and nearer each other and the 



' ears,. 



