thoſe of a hog; the latter in particular, being hoofed like that animal. It has only a ſtump of a tail, which appears as if it was cut, but it is naturally ſo; and it is covered with long brown hair like hog's briſtles, which it erects in the ſame manner when angry. It ſprings on its hind legs like a rabbit, and runs with great ſpeed when purſued, making a noiſe like a Guinea pig.
Theſe animals do much miſchief among the ground proviſions; which they root up in great abundance; feeding in herds, in the mornings and evenings, and are difficult to be ſhot, but are eaſily taken by dogs, or traps. Their fleſh is not much admired for eating, it being dry, and in general rank; but to get rid of this taſte, thoſe who are fond of eating them, bury the dead animal in the ground for two or three hours previous to cooking it, which takes it off. They are ſometimes kept alive as cu-
