ETHIOPIAN HOG. STS 
These creatures inhabit the wildest, most uncul- 
tivated, and hottest parts of Africa, from Senegal 
to Congo, and they are also found on the island 
of Madagascar. The natives carefully avoid their 
retreats, since, from their savage nature, they often 
rush upon them unawares, and gore them with 
their tusks. 
A boar of this species was, in 1765, sent by 
the governor of the Cape of Good Hope to the 
prince of Orange. From confinement and atten- 
tion he became mild and gentle, except when 
offended ; in which case, even those persons to 
whose care he was entrusted were afraid of him. 
In general, however, when the door of his cage 
was opened, he earns out in perfect good humour, 
gaily frisked about in search of food, and greedily 
devoured whatever was given him. Fie was one 
day left alone in the court-yard for a few minutes, 
and on the return of the keeper was found busily 
digging into the earth, where, notwithstanding the 
cemented bricks of the pavement, he had made 
an amazing large hole, with a view, as was after- 
wards discovered, of reaching a common sewer 
that passed at a considerable depth below. It w as 
not without much trouble, and the assistance of 
several men, that his labour could be interrupted. 
They, at length, however, forced him into his cage, 
but he expressed great resentment, and uttered a 
sharp and mournful noise. 
His motions were altogether much more agile 
and neat than those of the common hog. He w ould 
allow himself to be stroked, and even seemed de- 
lighted with rough friction. When provoked, or 
rudely pushed, he always retired backward, keep- 
ing his face towards his assailant, and shaking his 
head, or forcibly striking with it. When, after 
long confinement, he was set at liberty for a little 
while, he was vety gay, and k«*ped about in an 
