H O G. 
-pean kind relap fed into a date of nature, and are 
what Mr. Bancroft, in his hiftory of Guiana, 12 6, def- 
cribes as a particular fpecies, by the name of War- 
ree. Cannot bear exceflive cold: inhabit wooded 
countries: very fwift: a dupid, ina&ive, drowfy 
animal, fond of wallowing in the mud to cool its 
furfeited body : greedy, - voracious, but not indis¬ 
criminate in the choice of its food; has been found 
to eat 72 fpecies of plants, rejedt 171 ; very fond 
of various roots: fo brutal as to eat its own off- 
fpring. Ufefull in America, by clearing the coun¬ 
try of rattie-fnakes, which it devours with fafety: 
redlefs in high winds: has a natural difpofition to 
grow fat: is very prolific, brings fometime 20 young 
at a time : its flefli of vad ufe, takes fait the bed 
of any *, furnimes our table with various delicacies j 
brawn, peculiar to the Englijh . The Romans made 
a difh 
Of the fwelling unftuous Paps 
Of a fat pregnant Sow, newly cut off. 
& Guinea. Porcus guineenfis. tofo, cauda longitudine pedum 
Marcgrave Brafil. 230. Raiifyn. Bin. Jyjt. 10$. 
. quads6 . Le L ° cho l d Z Guinea de Buff,m 
Sus porcus. S. dorfo poftice fe- xv * I 4 °- Brijfon quad. 76. 
H. with a leffer head than the common kind : very 
long, (lender, and fharp pointed ears: tail hang¬ 
ing down to the heels, without hairs : the body co¬ 
vered with fhort red (hining hairs, but about the 
heck and lower part of the back a little longer: no 
bridles •: a domedic variety of the common kind, 
* Alchymifl A SI. ii, Sc. ii. 
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