Fauna : Mammals 



their country to domesticate it for good and all. It is very 

 cleanly in its habits, and dislikes dirt or dirty surroundings, 

 and seems to be naturally very good-tempered. Biittikofer 

 gives a charming description of the affection that grew up 

 between a young chimpanzee and a river hog in the garden 

 of his house in Liberia. The chimpanzee used to ride the 

 river hog astride on its back. It is pleasant to note that the 



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279. SKULL OF MALE WATER CHEVROTAIN (DORCATHKRIUM) 

 From a specimen in British Museum ; to show long, curved, and flattened upper canines 



pig which figured in this anecdote of Biittikofer's lived long 

 and happily, after it left Liberia, in the Zoological Gardens 

 at Amsterdam. 



We now come to the consideration of a remarkable beast 

 native to Liberia and a good deal of the coast and forest regions 

 of West Africa, one of those animals which entitle one to refer 

 to Liberia as being still in the " Miocene " period. This is the 

 Water chevrotain — Dorcutherium aquaticum. 

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