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and fetid humour oozes. The two following species are best 
known : — 
The Collared Peccary (D. Torquatus ) is eaten in South America, 
and is considered a wholesome article of food, the gland above- 
mentioned being cut out immediately after it is killed. 
The White-lipped Peccary (D. labiatus), Pig. 45, which is found in 
! Guana, is larger and more strongly formed than the last mentioned. 
The Family of Solipedes (Cuvier), Equidje (Gray). — This 
family is characterised by possessing only one toe or hoof on each 
foot. It is composed of but one genus, that of the Horse , which 
comprehends the six following species : the Horse proper, the 
domestic Ass , the Hemionus (or Dshikketee) , the Dauw (or Peechi), 
the Zebra, and the Quagga. 
The Horse. — In the Book of Job, Jehovah, speaking from His 
throne in the clouds, questions the just man, and, recounting all 
the wonders of creation, thus describes the Horse : — 
“ Hast thou given the Horse strength P Hast thou clothed his 
neck with thunder P Canst thou make him afraid as a grass- 
hopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the 
valley and rejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on to meet the 
armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither 
turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against 
him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the 
ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is 
the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, 
ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the 
captains, and the shouting” (Job xxxix. 19 — 25). 
Linnaeus, in a style certainly less biblical, but yet most exact in 
all its brevity, has written of the Horse : — 
“ Animal herbivorum, rarissime carnivorum ; generosum, super- 
bum, fortissimum in currendo, portando, trahendo ; aptissimum 
equitando ; cursu furens ; sylvis delectatur ; hinnitu sociam 
vocat ; calcitrando pugnat.” 
Buffon has left us a portrait of the Horse which all admire, 
for he depicts most truly and strikingly its character and ways 
when human art has perfected its natural qualities, and has 
educated it for service. Let us therefore quote it : — 
“ The noblest conquest which Man has ever made is that of the 
