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and fetid humour oozes. The two following species are best 

 known : — 



The Collared Peccary {B. Torqiiatm) is eaten in South America, 

 and. is considered a wholesome article of food, the gland above- 

 mentioned being cut out immediately after it is killed. 



The White-lipped Peccary {D. labiatm), Fig. 45, which is found in 

 _ Guana, is larger and more strongly formed than the last mentioned. 



The Family of Solipedes (Cuvier), Equid.ij (Gray). — This 

 family is characterised by possessing only one toe or hoof on each 

 foot. It is composed of but one genus, that of the Ilorsc, ^^'hich 

 comprehends the six following species : the Ilorsc proper, the 

 domestic Ass, the Hemionus (or Dshihketee), the Dauw (or Pccchi), 

 the Zebra, and the Quaggn. 



The Horse. — In the Book of Job, Jehovah, speaking from His 

 throne in the clouds, questions the just man, and, recounting all 

 the wonders of creation, thus describes the Horse : — 



" Hast thou given the Horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his 

 neck with thxmder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grass- 

 hopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the 

 valley and rejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on to meet the 

 armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither 

 turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against 

 him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the 

 ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is 

 the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trunijDots, Ha, 

 ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the 

 captains, and the shouting" (Job xxxix. 19 — 25). 



Linna3us, in a style certainly less biblical, but yet most exact in 

 all its brevity, has written of the Horse : — 



" Animal herbivorum, rarissime carnivorum ; generosum, suf)er- 

 bum, fortissimum in currendo, jDortando, trahendo ; aptissimimi 

 equitando ; cursu furens ; sylvis delectatur ; hinnitu sociam 

 vocat ; calcitrando pugnat." 



Buffon has left us a portrait of the Horse which all admire, 

 for he depicts most truly and strikingly its character and ways 

 when human art has perfected its natural qualities, and has 

 educated it for service. Let us therefore quote it ; — 



" The noblest conquest which Man has ever made is that of the 



