CHAPTER XIV. 



THE RIVER-HOGS, BABYROUSSA, AND WART- 

 HOGS. 



THE RIVER HOGS — THE PENCILLED HOG THE BUSH HOG, OR BOSCH-VARK — EDWARDS' RIVER-HOG 



— THE BABYROUSSA — ITS PECULIAR TUSKS — THE WART-HOGS — HIDEOUS APPEARANCE — THE 

 AFRICAN WART-HOG, OR VLACKE VARK — THE WART-HOG OF ^SLIAN OR ENGALLO. 



WE will conclude our account of the Suidce with three genera 

 belonging to Africa and the islands of the Eastern Ocean. 

 They are all very remarkable in appearance, but as yet we 

 have almost no information respecting their modes of life while they 

 enjoy their savage freedom. They are ail gregarious, all omnivorous, all 

 fond of low-lying swampy lands for their dwelling-place. 



THE RIVER-HOG. 



The River-Hogs are the handsomest specimens of the whole hog- 

 family ; they have a long face, a moderately long snout, large but narrow 

 and sharp-pointed ears, which are ornamented with a tuft of hair, and a 

 tail with a bushy tip. All the three species are African. A marked 

 peculiarity in these creatures is a long protuberance between the eye 

 and nose. 



GENUS POTAMOCHCERUS. 



The Pencilled Hog, Potamochcerus pictus, has been known since the 

 beginning of the sixteenth century. It is much smaller than the Euro- 

 pean boar, but attains a length of four feet, and stands nearly two feet 

 high. The hide is covered with short, soft, thickly-placed, smooth-lying 

 bristles which grow long on the cheeks and under-jaw, forming a short 

 mane on the back of the neck, a bushy brush under the eye, and a pair 

 of whiskers on the cheeks. The color is a reddish-yellow, or a brownish- 

 red shading off into yellow. This beautiful bright color extends over the 



