CAFE VERD K 0G, ANB RABYR0US3A. STS 
about in this manner between such large tusks as 
those of their mother, without being hurt, or cry- 
ing: out in the least. He was twice afterwards 
witness to the same circumstance. 
The flesh is very good, and not unlike that of the 
German wild boar. 
Cape Verd hog. 
This animal is of the size of a common hog* 
and peculiar to Africa. The species are diffused 
through the tract of country between Cape Verd 
and the Cape of Good Hope. The head is long ; 
the nose slender. The tusks are large, hard as 
ivory, and in the upper jaw, thick and truncated 
obliquely. The ears are narrow, erect, and pointed. 
The tail is slender, and terminates in a tuft, reach- 
ing down to the highest joint of the leg. Each 
jaw is furnished with twelve grinding teeth. The 
body is covered all over with long, fine bristles. 
This species has been, by some naturalists, 
confounded with that immediately preceding. 
But the form of the head, the structure of the 
mouth, and the manner in which the body is co- 
vered, establish a sufficient distinction between 
them. 
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Babyroussa. 
The babyroussa is of the size of a common 
bog, which it somewhat resembles ; however, it 
is of /a more slender form ; but what chiefly dis-? 
tinguishes it, is the size and the shape of its tusks. 
Each jaw is furnished with two. Those in the inferior 
jaw rise eight inches out of their sockets, towards 
the eyes. The sockets of those above are placed 
on the outside*of the jaw ; and the tusks rise twelve 
inches out of them ; they bend like horns, till their 
