NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA. 453 
in his African scenery, as a native of Southern Af- 
rica. It is also met with in the island of Mada- 
gascar. 
The wild hog (sus scrofa) occurs in Northern 
Africa. 
5. PhacQ-coerus. — Of this tribe, which is very 
nearly allied to the preceding, there is but one 
species peculiar to Africa. It is described under 
the names African and iEthiopie hog, and is met 
with in different parts of Africa, as Cape Verd and 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
6. Uyrax. — There is but one species of this 
tribe known to naturalists, which is the size of a 
hare, and is frequently met with in rocky situa- 
tions in Africa. It is also met with in Syria, and 
is the saphan of the Old Testament. 
The natural history of the palmated mammife- 
rous animals of Africa is still very imperfect. Seals 
occur on the coasts, and occasionally in considerable 
numbers. The common seal (phoca vitulina) is 
said to occur on the coast of Barbary and at the 
Cape of Good Hope ; and the phoca jubata, or 
sea lion, is alleged to have been seen on the coasts 
of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Another genus of palmated mammiferous ani- 
mals occurs at the mouths of the great African ri- 
vers. It is named manatus. It differs from the 
trichechus or sea horse, or morse of the northern 
regions, in wanting the hinder feet, and being 
