. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . 173 HISTORY OF THE BABIROUSSA, {Sus Bahyroujfcij Lin.—Le Babiroujfay BufF.) Though clafled by naturalifls with the Hog kind, differsfrom animals of that fpecies in a variety of particulars :Its legs are longer, and its body more flender j it is co-vered with Ihort hair as foft as wool, and of a daik-graycolour, mixed with red j its ears are fhort and pointed;its tail is long, tufted at the end, and twilled. Its moftdiftinguifhing chara£l:erillic confifts in four large tulks,the two ftouteft of which proceed, like t
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . 173 HISTORY OF THE BABIROUSSA, {Sus Bahyroujfcij Lin.—Le Babiroujfay BufF.) Though clafled by naturalifls with the Hog kind, differsfrom animals of that fpecies in a variety of particulars :Its legs are longer, and its body more flender j it is co-vered with Ihort hair as foft as wool, and of a daik-graycolour, mixed with red j its ears are fhort and pointed;its tail is long, tufted at the end, and twilled. Its moftdiftinguifhing chara£l:erillic confifts in four large tulks,the two ftouteft of which proceed, like thofe of the Wild-Boar, from the under jaw, pointing upwards, and Hand-ing near eight inches out of the fockets *, the two othersrife up like horns on the outfide of the upper jaw, juftabove the nofe, and extend in a curve above the eyes,almoft touching the forehead, and are twelve inches inlength. Thefe tufks are of the moft beautiful ivory, butnot fo hard as thofe of the Elephant. The Babiroufla abounds in feveral of the iflands of the HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 173 Eaft-Indies, particular
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