CONTENTS. ix 



The Two-horned Rhinoceros or Badak of Sumatra (474) — The Fire-eating Rhinoceros (476) — The 

 Rough-eared Rhinoceros (476). 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. 

 The Borele or Little Black Rhinoceros (477)— The Sword-Hunters of Abyssinia (479)— The 

 Keitloa (479)— Their Fierceness (480)— The Mohogoo or White Rhinoceros (481)— Hunting 

 Adventure of Mr. Oswell (482)— The Kobaoba (484)— Probability of its Extinction (484). 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 

 The Hippopotamus or River Horse (485)— Description (486)— Habits (486) — Favorite Haunts 

 (487)— Food (487)— Violence when Provoked (488) — Maternal Affection (488) — Modes of Hunt- 

 ing (489)— Pitfalls and Downfalls (489)— Harpooning (489) — The Hippopotamus in Captivity 

 (491) — The Small or Liberian Hippopotamus (492). 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE PECCARIES. 

 The Swine Family (493)— General Characteristics (493) — The Peccaries (494) — The Collared 

 Peccary (494)— Its Courage and Fierceness (495)— The White-lipped Peccary (495)— Its Habits 

 (495) — Methods of Hunting the Peccarj' (496) — Flesh of the Peccary (497). 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE TRUE SWINE. 

 The Genus Sus (498)— Religious Prohibitions (498)— The Boar of Valhalla (499)— The Boar's 

 Head (499)— The Wild Boar of Europe (499)— Hunting the Wild Boar (500)— The Wild Hog of 

 India (501)— The Domestic Hog (502)— Anecdotes of the Hog (502)— Breeds of Hogs (504) — The 

 Berkshire (504)— Trichiniasis (504). 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE RIVER-HOGS, BABYROUSSA, AND WART-HOGS. 



The River Hogs (506)— The Pencilled Hog (506)— The Bush Hog, or Bosch Vark (507V— 



Edwards' River-Hog (508)— The Babyroussa (508)— Its Peculiar Tusks (508)— The Wart-Hogs 



(509) — Hideous Appearance (510) — The African Wart-Hog, or Vlacke Vark (510) — The Wart- 



Hog of .3Elian or Engallo (511). 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE CAMEL. 

 The Ruminants (512)— The Camelida; {512)— The Camels of the Old World (513)— The 

 Arabian Camel, or Dromedary (514) — The Camel in the Bible (515)— The Camel in Europe (515) 

 —The Camel in Africa (515)— Its Food (516)— Its Powers of Resisting Thirst (516)— Its speed 

 (517)— Mode of Riding (517)— Its Behavior when Loading (51S)— Its Vices (519)— Anecdote of 

 Latif Pacha (520)— Its Value (521)— The Two-humped Camel of Bactria (522). 



