304 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Drawn from a specimen shot in Somaliland by Captain H. G. C, Swayne. 
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WART HOG (Phacocherus ethiopicus). 
The Wild Boar of Africa has never had the same attention paid to 
it that its cousin of Hindostan has, since the advent of Europeans, 
been accustomed to receive. And the Wart Hog, often carrying, though 
it does, immense tushes, has never been selected, except in Somaliland, 
as a beast worthy of the honour of the boar-spear. Perhaps its habit of 
going to ground may have something to do with the matter. The South 
African hunter, as a rule, troubles very little about the pursuit of the 
Wart Hog. If an animal with good tushes comes within reach of his 
rifle, he knocks it over ; but otherwise he is not keen about the wild pig 
and its ways. It is an undoubted fact that neither of the African wild 
boars—the Wart Hog and the Bush Pig—exhibit anything like the 
pluck and determination of their Asiatic or even European cousins. 
Both are extremely shy, and in daytime seldom venture far from 
thick covert. 
HEIGHT at shoulder, 31 inches, British Central Africa, shot by Dr. 
Percy Rendall. Outside width in a straight line across tusks, 1 24 inches. 
Distribution—Throughout Africa in suitable localities. 
