i 5 4 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



above the nofe, and extend in a curve above the eyes, 

 almoft touching the forehead, and are twelve inches in 

 length. Thefe tufks are of the moft beautiful ivory, but 

 not fo hard as thofe of the Elephant. 



The Babiroufla abounds in feveral of the iflands of the 

 Eaft- Indies; particularly Buero, a fmall ifle near Am- 

 boyna. 



It is eafily tamed ; and its flefh is well tailed. It lives 

 on leaves of trees and other vegetables. Its fcent is ex- 

 quifite : It can difcover the approach of dogs at a dif- I 

 tance. When clofely purfued, it plunges into the fea, 

 fwims and dives with great facility from one ifland to 

 another, and by that means frequently efcapes from its 

 purfuers. 



They live in herds \ and when any number of them 

 are together, their odour is fo ftrong, that the dogs can 

 fcent them at a confiderable diftance. — When attacked, 

 they growl frightfully, and defend themfelves with their 

 under tufks : The upper ones are ferviceable to them in 

 taking their repofe, by hooking them on the branches of 

 trees. \ 



