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SOUTH AFBICAX MAMMALS 



It is a timid animal, with excellent powers of bearing. 

 Its flesh is said to be good eating, although the author 

 has never brought himself to try it. 



It is a very difficult animal to keep alive in captivity, 

 but, when captured young, can be trained to subsist on a 



Fig. 141.— Antbear or Aardvark. 



gruel made of mealie meal porridge, milk and raw eggs. 

 The first one we got to do so went to the London Zoo 

 with the King's collection, after we had it for a year. 

 I never heard how long it survived its sea voyage. The 

 second individual which took kindly to its captivity 

 escaped from its cage through the carelessness of the 

 native keeper, after we had had it over six months. In 



