34<S HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



in irregular patches ; has no tail ; is a reftlefs animal 5 

 feeds on bread, grain, and vegetables ; and makes a noife 

 like the grunting of a pig. 



It is capable of breeding at the age of two months, 

 and produces from four to twelve at one time. 



The fpecies would be innumerable, if many of them 

 were not taken off by various means : Some are killed by 

 Cats ; others by the males ; and more, both young and 

 old, perifh by the feverity of the climate, and want of 

 proper care. 



The Spotted C A V Y 



is about the fize of a Hare ; but its body is much thicker, 

 plumper, and fatter. The colour of the hair on the back 

 is dark-brown, or liver-coloured ; it is lighter on the 

 fides, which are beautifully marked with lines of white 

 fpots, running in parallel directions from its throat to its 

 rump thofe on the upper part of the body are perfectly 

 diftintl: ; the belly is white. Its head is large ; its ears 

 fliort and naked; its eyes full, and placed high in its 

 head, near the ears; in the lower part of each jaw, im- 

 mediately under the eye, it has a remarkably deep flit or 



