CAPE VERB BOAR. 



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ceived a refentment agalnfl; his keeper, whom 

 he wounded fo defperately in the thigh with his 

 tufks, that the poor man died next day. To 

 prevent fimilar accidents, he was taken out of 

 the menagery, and fo clol'ely imprifoned that no 

 body could approach him. He died in about 

 twelve months, and his Ikin is preferved in the 

 Prince of Orange's cabinet. The other one, 

 which is now in the fame menagery, is ftill very- 

 young, and his tufks exceed not two inches in 

 length. When allowed to come out of the place 

 where he is confined, he teflifies his joy by leap- 

 ing, bounding, and running with more much 

 agility than our hogs. On thefe occafions he 

 carries his tail perfedly ered. The inhabitants 

 of the Cape, on account of his fwlftnefs, give 

 him the denomination of hart looper, or courfer. 

 This animal unqueflionably forms a genus di- 

 flin£l from all the other known races of boss. 



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Though he refembles them in the body, the want 

 of cutting teeth, and thefmgulai ftrudure of the 

 head, are charaders too marked to be afcribed 

 to the influence of climate, efpecially as there are 

 hogs in Africa which differ from ours by being 

 fmaller only, iiefides, it would appear that he 

 cannot produce with our hogs, A Guiney fow 

 was prefented to him. After fmelling her for 

 fome time, he purfued her into a narrow place 

 from which fhe could not efcape, and tore her 

 \n pieces with his tufks. He afterwards abufed 

 a common few to fuch a degree, that fhe was 



carried 



