BABYROUSSA. 
roiissa, from two drawings: one of which 
was transmitted to us by M. Sonnerat, where 
the animal is represented in a standing posture; 
and the other, which is lying on it's belly, was 
sent to us from England, by Mr. Pennants 
This last drawing was accompanied by the fol- 
lowing description — " A Babyroussa, from 
the Island of Banda, drawn after nature. 
" It's colour is blackish: it grows to the size 
of the largest Hog; and it's flesh is very 
" good to eat.'* Our figure," concludes Buf- 
fon, " is a combination of both drawings; 
and, though it cannot be perfectly exact, it 
exhibits a pretty just idea of the animal," 
Pennant has not, in his own history of this 
animal, made the smallest mention of it's co- 
lour. He says, along the back are some 
weak bristles ; on the rest of the body, only a 
sort of wool, such as is on Lambs ; the tail, 
which is long, ends in a tuft, and is often 
twisted. His description of the teeth, how- 
ever, is more particular than that of Buixbn — 
** It has," he says, '*four cutting-teeth in the 
upper, six in the lower; ten grinders to each 
jaw; in the lower jaw, two tusks pointing to- 
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