TtlOK-SKINNED QUADRUPEDS. 



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minute description is unnecessary. It differs from the wild boat 

 in size, being much larger; while its tusks are smaller, and its 

 ears of a more enlarged form, pointed and pendant. There is no 

 quadruped equal to the hog in impurity of manners. It is laven- 

 ous, feeds oe carrion, husks, will pick out sustenance from the foul- 

 est collections of impurity, will push its snout into the midst of 

 the most offensive filth, with as much apparent delight as a human 



The Domestic Boar. 



being enjoys the refreshing fragrance of a full-blown rose. Otten, 

 too, this species will fall upon and devour their own young. They 

 are so formed as to look towards the ground ; they dig in the earth, 

 and their chief delight is to wallow in the mire. The flesh of 

 swine is very largely used for food in various parts of the world j 

 thourh it is the most unhealthy meat whie^ can be eaten. 



The Babyroussa, or Ethiopian Hog, is provided with 

 small tusks in the lower jaw, and very large ones in the upper, 

 which, in old boars, bend towards the forehead in the form of a 

 semicin le. It has no fore-teeth, these not being necessary for its 

 habits in seeking or asing its ordinary sustenance; the nose is 



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