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and danger; not on account of the swiftness, but the ferocity, ofthe animal. As the wild boar advances in age, after the period ofthree or four years, he becomes less dangerous, on account of thegrowth of his tusks, which turn up, or make so large a curve orflexure, as often rather to impede than assist his intentions ofwounding with them. To describe particularly the common ordomestic hog would be superfluous. It may be sufficient to ob-serve, that this animal principally differs from the wild boar in size,in having smaller tusks, and larger ears, which are also somewhatpendent, and of a more pointed form.

S. jEthiopicus, the ./Ethiopian Hog. This animal is verymuch allied, in its general appearance, to the common hog, but isdistinguished by a pair of large, flat, semicircular lobes or wattles,placed beneath the eyes: the snout is also of a much broader form,and is very strong and callous: the ears are large, and veryslightly pointed : the tusks in the lower jaw are rather small: butthose in the upper jaw are large, sharp, curved, and in the old ani-mal bend upwards in a semicircular manner towards the forehead :there a$e no fore-teeth; their place being supplied by very hardgums: the skin of the face, immediately below the eyes, or abovethe broad lobes before-mentioned, is loose and wrinkled, and oneach side the corners of the mouth is a callous protuberance. Thebody is of a strong form; the tail slender, slightly flattened, andthinly covered with scattered hairs. The general colour of thewhole animal is a dusky or blackish brown. This species is a na-tive of the hotter parts of Africa, occurring from Sierra Leona toCongo, and to within about two hundred leagues of the Cape ofGood Hope. It also occurs in the island of Madagascar .

S. I'ajassu, the Pecary. The pecary is the only animal ofthis genus that is a native of the new world, where it is chieflyfound in the hottest regions. Its size is considerably smaller thanthat of a common hog, and it Is of a short compact form. Thewhole animal is thickly covered, on the upper parts, with verystrong dark-brown or blackish bristles, each marked by severalyellowish white rings; so that the colour of the whole appearsmottled with minute freckles or specks, and round the neck is ge-nerally a whitish band or collar. The pecary is a gregarious ani-mal, and in its wild state is fierce and dangerous ; sometimes at-tacking the hunters with great vigour, and often destroying the dogswhich are employed in its pursuit. It feeds not only on vegetablesubstances, but occasionally oil animals of various kinds, and isparticularly an enemy to snakes and other reptiles; attacking anddestroying even the rattlesnake, without the least dread or incon-venience, and dexterously skinning it, by holding it between itsfeet, while it performs that operation with its teeth. It is also re-markable that the common hog, when translated to America , willattack and destroy the rattlesnake. See PlateCLXVII.

SUSA, or SHUSHAN , the ancient royal residence of the kingsof Persia, built by Darius Ilystaspis, according to Pliny ; thoughhe probably only restored it, being a very ancient city, foundedby Tithonus, the father of Mcmnon,

Susa , in modern geography, a strong town of Piedmont, capi-tal of the marquisite of Susa, with a fort; 30 miles N. W. of Turin .Lon. 7. 24. E. Lat. 45. 20. N.

Susa, a marquisate of Piedmont, on the frontiers of France andItaly . Susa is the capital.

SUSDAL, a town of Russia , in Volodimir, capital of a duchyso named; 90 miles N. E. of Moscow . Lon. 40. 25. E. Lat.56. 26. N.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION, that state of an animal inwhich all the Junctions of life are so completely stopped and inter-rupled, that it is hardly possible to discover any sign of life, ordifference from a state of death ; while yet the principle of life re-mains and is recoverable, if proper means he used. That swal-lows, marmots, and many other animals, fall into this torpid statenaturally and annually, is a fact well known in natural history.The artificial reviviscency of three flies, too, by the celebratedDr. Iranklm, by exposing them to the rays of the sun, seventeenmonths alter they had been drowned in wine in France , is a factequally well known. In the human species also there have occur-red frequent cases of suspended animation ; some of whom havebeen recovered before interment, but many more, it is to be feared,have been allowed to perish, from the hurry anil precipitation withwhich funerals are generally conducted in mo-t cotmtiies.

SUSPENSION, or SUSPENSE, in music, is produced by

supposition, and is nearly the same. It consists in retaining a®many as possible of the sounds in a preceding chord that they maybe heard in that which succeeds.

Suspension, in rhetoric, is the carrying on of a period or dis-course in such a manner as to keep the reader in expectation ofsomething considerable in the conclusion. But great care must betaken that the reader’s expectation be not disappointed ; for no-thing is more contemptible than to promise much and performlittle; or to usher in an errant trifle with the formality of prefaceand solemn preparation.

Suspension, or Points op Suspension, in mechanics, arethose points in the axis or beam of a balance, wherein the weightsare applied, or from which they are suspended. See Balance.

Suspension of Arms, in war, a short truce agreed on by botharmies, in order to bury the dead, wait for fresh instructions, orthe like.

SUSPICION, in law. Persons may be taken up upon suspi-cion, where a felony is committed, &c. however, there must be atleast some reasonable grounds for the same.

SUSQUEHANNAII, the largest river of Pennsylvania , formedby the junction of the E. and W. branches of lake Otsego, and fallsinto Chesapeak Bay, by a mouth one mile and a quarter wide.

SUSSEX, a county of England, so named from its situation inrespect of the other Saxons , and called Sussex, i. e. the countryof the South Saxons. It is bounded by Hampshire on the W. theBritish channel on the S. Surrey on the N. and Kent on the E. Itis 65 miles long, 30 broad, and 170 in circumference. The air,as well as the soil, is various in different parts of the county. Uponthe coast the air is aguish, upon the hills and downs pleasant andwholesome; but somewhat moist and foggy in the valleys, the soilbeing deep and rich, and the vegetation in summer very vigorous.

Sussex, an extensive maritime county of the United States , inDelaware: hounded on the N. by Kent county, N. E. by Dela-ware Bay; E, by the Atlantic; S. and W. by Maryland . Tirelands are mostly low, sandy, and barren. Georgetown is the ca-pital.

Sussex, a large and mountainous county of New Jersey .Sussex, a county of Virginia.

SUSTER, a city of Persia , the capital of Chusistan, ancientlycalled Susa. SeeSusA. Lon. 51. 19. E. Lat. 31. 15. N.

SUSTEREN, a town of Westphalia, in the duchy of Juliers .Lon. 5. 50. E. Lat. 50. 56. N.

SUTCL1FF, Matthew, an English divine, who flourished inthe end of the sixteenth century. He became dean of Exeter,and published several controversial tracts; the chief of wnich is,A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Discipline. Lond. 1591,4to.

SUTHERLAND, one of the most northerly counties of Scot-land . It borders on Caithness to the N. andN. E. is bounded bythe ocean on the N. the county of Assynt oil the W. Rosson thes.and by the German sea on the E. and S. E. It is generally hilly,though in many parts arable; well watered by small rivers repletewith fish, and by sixty lakes, the habitation of various fish, swans,ducks, geese, &c. Sutherland affords iron-stone, free-stone, andslate, in abundance; also quarries of marble, and mines of coal,though the people use turf and peat for fuel. Lead-ore, impreg-nated with silver, and even some gold, have been found, withcrystals and pebbles, &c. The air is so temperate, and the soil sogood, that saffron has been brought to perfection. Many parts ofthe country are remarkably fruitful in corn, and .the pasture isexcellent every where.

SUTTON COLEFIELD, a town of England, in Warwick-shire; 7 miles N. of Birmingham, and 111 N. W. of London *Lon. 1. 40. W. Lat. 52. 39. N.

SUWARUOFF, Alexander, a celebrated Russian general,was born of an ancient family in 1730, and entered into the armyat the age of twelve. After passing through the inferior stationshe became a colonel in 1762. He displayed uncommon braverywhen serving under Romauzoff against the Turks, and having slainseveral janissaries with Ins own. hands, he put their heads into 3sack, which lie laid at the feel of his general. In 1783 he com-pelled the Tartars of Kuban and Buciziack to submit and swear al-legiance to the empress, for which he was named general-in-chief-In 1787 he defeated the Turkish fleet near Oczakow which P lacewas taken by storm. In 1789 he attacked the Turks with a veryinferior force, and defeated them neat the river Rimnisk, f° J

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