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They referable the domeftic Hog ; but their bodies are 

 fhorter, and their fnout and lkin thicker. 



The African WILD-BOAR, or 

 WOOD-SWINE, 



lives in a wild, uncultivated ftate, in the hotteft parts of 

 Africa.— It is a very vicious animal, and quick in all its 

 motions. It- is as dangerous to attack one of them, as a 

 Lion : For, though much fmaller, it rufhes upon a man 

 as fwift as an arrow ; and throwing him down before he 

 has time to ftrike with his javelin, breaks his legs, and 

 almoft at the fame inftant rips up his belly. 



It has four tufks : Two very large ones proceed from 

 the upper jaw, and turn upwards like a horn — they are 

 nine inches long, and full five inches round at the bafe ; 

 the two other tufks, which come from the lower jaw, 

 project but three inches from the mouth. Thefe tufks 

 the animal makes ufe of as the dreadful inftruments of 

 his vengeance. — He will attack a man on horfeback, if 



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