THE BOAR. 



Generic Characters. 

 Hoof cloven in two. 



Nofe truncated, prominent, and moveable. 

 Cutting teeth in both jaws. 



Synonims. 

 Sus Scrofa, Linn. Svft. 102. 

 Swiin, Faun.fuec. No, 21. 

 Schwein, Klein Quad. 25. 

 Common Hog, Pennant Brit. Zool. 1. 41. 

 Sus, Gejher Quad. 872. Raii Syn. Quad. 92. 

 Le Cochon, de Buffon, v. 99. Le Verrat, tab. xvi. 



THE Boar is the male of that well known animal, the Hog. It does 

 not feem necelfary to enter into an accurate detail of its form and general 

 qualities, as they are obvious to the moll curfory obferver. We mall there- 

 fore only point out. fome peculiarities worthy of notice in this mo ft 

 extraordinary quadruped. 



The Hog may be conhdered as the link in the great chain of nature, 

 which fills up the chafm between carnivorous animals and thofe which feed 

 on grafs and grain. He accordingly poflefles properties which are to be 

 found in each of thefe diviiions. Like the Horie, his head is long, his teeth 

 are forty-four in number, and he has but one liomaeh. His hoofs are cloven 

 like the Cow kind, and his interlines have a limilar polition. His ravenous 

 appetite for nelh marks his ftrong affinity to thofe animals which have 

 claws ; although it mult be allowed that, in a ilate of nature, the Hog always 



