desprr:.:elT in ihe rhigh v;-::n his tcskS; rbatthe 
poor Hi an died next da v. To prevent simHar 
accidcDtS; he was taken out of the Menagerie, 
and so closely iinprisened thatfio perscn could 
approach bim. He died in about twelve 
mouths ; and his skin is preserved in the Prince 
of Oransre's Museuirs. The ether, which is 
now in tine same Menegerie, issii lvery ycjng, 
and his tasks exceed nc: two inches in length. 
Vvhen allowed to come out of the place where 
he is coi^hned, he testines his joy fey leaping, 
boiindiiig, and ninning, nrith jR«ch more 
agilitv than oci Hogs. On these occasioiK, 
he ca-fries his tail perfectly erecl. The inh: - 
bitants cf the Cape, en account of hi? sv. L 
ness, give him the dencminatkm of me K- * 
Looper, or Coarser. 
" This animal tmqnestionably forms a genus 
distin<5l from all the other known races cf 
Ho3S. Though he reserahles them in the 
body, the want of cutting teeth, and the sir gn- 
lar stroi^lure of the head, are characters too 
n^.arked to be ascribed to the influence of cli- 
mate esjreciallv, as there are Hcgs in Africa, 
which diiRr from our's by being smaller only. 
Befidesj 
