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VERT EBR ATES. 



brcB^d, depressed, that is, bending downwards, and almost as hard 

 aa iorn ; its head is large and broad ; beneath each eye there is a 

 hw low formed of loose skin, very soft and wrinkled ; under these 

 (' Are is a great lobe, or wattle, lying almost horizontal, broad, flat, 



The Babyiongsii. 



tod rounded at the end, placed so as to intercept the view of any- 

 thing belcw the animal. The mouth is small; the skin dusky; 

 the bristles are disposed in fasciculi, or small bunches of five each ; 

 these are longest between the ears and on the beginning of the 

 back, but in other parts of the body are thinly dispersed : the ears 

 are large and sharp-pointed : the tail is slender and flat, not reach-' 

 ing lower than the thighs, and is covered with hair in separate 

 little patches, which give it a very singular appearance : the body 

 is longer and the feet shorter than in the common swine ; in a do- 

 mesticated state the length is about four feet nine inches, but in a 

 wild state it grows to an enormous size. These animals inhabit 

 the hottest parts of Africa, from Senegal to Congo, and are re 

 markably fierce and swift. 



