PECARY. 
I enemies, and often wound the dogs and the 
! hunters. They live on fruits, seeds, and roots. 
They likewise eat Serpents, Toads, and Li- 
zards; the skins of which they previously 
tear ofF. They produce a great number at a 
time. The young soon follow their mother, 
and never separate from her till they are full* 
grown. When taken young, they are easily 
tamed; and never quarrel, except when a 
number of them are presented with victuals iii 
the same trough. When angry, their grunt- 
ing is stronger, and harder, than that of the 
Common Hog. Their breath is very strong ; 
and, when they are irritated, their hair rises ; 
which is so coarse, that it rather resembles the 
prickles of a Hedgehog, than the bristles of 
the Wild-Boar. 
j ** Ray, and other authors, maintain that the 
liquor, secreted by the dorsal glands of the 
Mexican Hog, is a kind of musk ; an agree- 
able perfume, even when it issues from the 
body of the animal ; that it is perceived at a 
great distance ; and that it perfumes the place 
j where it inhabits, or through which it passes; 
but, on the contrary, I have a thousand times 
I experienced, that the odour of this liquor is 
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