THE AFRICAN WILD BOAR. 



the end, and is fo fituated, as to hinder the animal from viewing any thing 

 below the eye ; between thefe and the mouth, on each tide, is a hard, callous 

 protuberance : the mouth is fmall, in proportion to the fize of the head. The 

 Ikin, which is of a dulky colour, is thinly covered with briftles, which are 

 difpofed in fafciculi, confuting of about five each. Thofe between the ears, 

 on the neck, and the beginning of the back, are confiderably longer and 

 thicker than the reft, and form a kind of mane. The ears are large and 

 fharp pointed ; they are lined on the infide with long, whitifh hairs. The tail, 

 which is fiat and llender, does not reach lower than the thighs, and is 

 covered with hairs, likewife difpofed in fafciculi. When the animal is 

 purfued, it always holds its tail erect. 



Thefe creatures live in burrows underground, the entrances to which are 

 very narrow. The natives carefully avoid thefe retreats, as there is always 

 great danger of their ruining out upon them unawares. They - are much 

 attached to their young, and run with them in their mouths, to avoid danger. 



The nelh of this animal is very good, and not unlike that of the German 

 Wild Boar. 



The African Wild Boar cannot be brought to breed with either the 

 domeftic or Chinefe Sow. 



Thefe animals inhabit the wildeft, moll uncultivated, and hotter! parts of 

 Africa, from Senegal to Congo : they are alfo found on the Illand of 

 Madagafcar(A). 



(a) Flacourt Hift. of Madag. 152, quoted by Pennant. 



