CAPE VERDE BO^ 
last year, liowcver, he sent another, which is 
Still living ; and, ia 1767, he transmitted a 
skin, of which we have only been able to pre- 
serve the head. These circumstances seem to 
indicate, that this animal is not rare in it's na- 
tive country. I know not whether Kolben 
-means to speak of these Boars in the follow- 
ing passage — In the country occopied by the 
Dutch, we rarely meet with Wild Hogs: as 
there are few woods, which are their common 
retreats, they have no motive to frequent these 
territories. Besides, the Liors, Tigers, and 
othej rapacious animals, prevent the mul- 
tiplication of the Hogs, by devouring great 
numbers of them." — He adds no description ; 
and, therefore, no conclusion can be drawn. 
He even ranks among the number of Cape 
Hogs the Large Ant-Eater, wiiicli is an Ame- 
rican animal, and has no resemblance to tlis 
Hog. What credit is due to an author so ill 
informed ^ 
" The body of our African Boar resem- 
bles that of the European kind : but it dilFcrs 
widely in the form of the head, wliich is oi' 
an enormous size. The most conv;]>iciious 
