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' ears, than in the common hog. The iris is of 



* a deep brown colour, and the cornea white, 

 ' The upper eye-lids are garnifhed with brown, 



* ftiff, ered, and very clofe ciliae, which are 

 ' loneer in the middle than at the two fides. 



* There are no ciliae on the under eye-lids. 



' The ears are pretty large, more round thali 



* pointed, covered on the inlide with clofe yel- 



* low hair, and bend back toward the animal's 



* body. Under the eyes there is a kind of bul- 



* bous or glandular fac ; and immediately be- 



* low that, appear two round, flat, thick, and 



* horizontal excrefcences, about two inches and 



* a quarter in diameter In a ftraight 



* line between thefe excrefcences and the muz- 



* zle, there is, on each iide of the head, a hard, 



* round, fharp protuberance. 



' The ikin feems to be very thick, filled with 

 ' lard in the ordinary places, but flaccid on the 



* neck, groin, and dewlap. In fome places it 

 ' appears to be flightly furrowed, unequal, and 

 ' as if the upper part of it fell off by intervals, 



* Thinly difperfed over the body are fonie tufts 



* of hairs, confirting of three, four, or five, long- 

 ' er and Ihorter, and placed in a ftraight line 

 ' near one another. Tiie front, and between the 



* ears, feem to be wrinkled, and are adorned with 



* very dole, white, and brown hairs. From 



* thence, toward the bafe of the muzzle, d.e- 



* fcendsa narrow band of black and gray hairs, 

 ' which, feparating in the middle, fall upon each 



' fide 



