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BABYROUSA. 
pits amply supplied with pointed stakes, and take the keenest delight in taking 
vengeance for the injury which they themselves have suffered. They wear 
strings of the tusks about their necks, apparently with the same idea that 
induces the North American Indian to collect scalps. The busk hog is about 
two and a half feet in height, and 
V - i A ' % five in length. His skin is cov¬ 
ered with long, harsh bristles, and 
altogether he is an unpleasant 
neighbor. 
The Babyrousa of Malacca 
(Porous babyrusa ) carries four tusks, 
which protrude above the snout; 
the pair set in the lower jaw pro¬ 
ject upward on the sides of the 
other pair, the upper pair likewise 
curve upward, passing through the 
upper lip and turning backward 
towards the eyes. The function 
performed by the upper tusks has 
not as yet been discovered, some 
naturalists merely supposing that 
they may be intended to protect the eyes ; as the sow likewise has eyes but is 
without these tusks, the explanation does not seem at all satisfactory. The great 
strength and relentless ferocity of the babyrousa have made it an esteemed 
object of the chase, but likewise a terrible antagonist. It frequently attains 
the size of a yearling 
calf, and is as much at 
home in the water as 
on land. It prefers 
marshy ground, where 
it lives in large-sized 
herds. 
The Vlacke Vark 
(Phacochoerus afri- 
canus ) is even more 
fearfully and wonder¬ 
fully made than the 
babyrousa and the 
bush hog. Its body 
of dark brown is gray 
upon the abdomen, and 
black upon the head, 
neck and upper part of 
the back. The tusks 
are about three-quarters 
of a foot iu length and can disembowel a horse. It is not at all backwards 
about acting on the offensive, but if in flight, it keeps taking observations by 
raising its head and trying to see over its own back. It is so clever as to destroy 
the prevailing belief that the hog is naturally and hopelessly stupid. An 
WIRD BOARS DEVOURING A DEER. 
