BABYROUSSA. 
This very curious animal was not unknown 
to the ancients. It is the 'Tr TsTf £t;t£f (^f^ of 
iElian ; the Apes-Indicus, of Pliny ; the 
Strange Hog, with Horns, of Purchas; the 
Horned Hog, of Grew; the Apes Orientalis, 
of Brisson; the Eberhirsch, Hirscheber, of 
Knorr ; the Babi-Raesa, of Seba ; the Babi- 
roussa, or Indian Hog, of BufFon; and the 
Baby-Roussa, of Pennapt. 
As BufFon has collected a more compleat 
history of the Babyroussa, than any other 
writer, we shall extract it entire. 
" Though," says he, we have only the 
head of this animal in the Royal Cabinet, it is 
too remarkable to be passed over in silence. 
All naturalists have regarded it as a species of 
Hog ; and yet, it has neither the head, the 
stature, the bristles, nor the tail, of a Hog, 
It's legs are longer, and it's snout is shorter. 
It is covered with short hair, as soft as wool; 
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