138 NEIGHBORS WITH CLAWS AND HOOFS. 



The Peccary. 



good. The female produces but two young at a birth 

 These peccaries have on their back a musk-bag, from which 

 a fetid odor is given out when the animal is excited." 



9. Mr. Smith, 

 who went to Tex- 

 as in 1841, says: 



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"The Mexican 

 hogs (peccaries), 

 previous to the 

 overflow of the 

 bottom - lands in 

 1833, struck ter- 

 ror into the hearts 

 of the settlers in 

 their vicinity, oft- 

 entimes pursuing 

 the planter while 

 hunting, or in search of the lost track of his wander- 

 ing cattle, at which time they frequently killed his dogs, 

 or even at times forced him to ascend a tree for safety, 

 where he would sometimes be obliged to wait until the 

 hogs got tired of dancing attendance at the foot of his 

 place of refuge, or left him that they might go and feed. 



10. " These animals appeared quite savage, and would, 

 after coming to the tree in which the planter had ensconced 

 himself, snap their teeth and run about, and then wait for 

 their enemy to come down. At this early period they 

 used to hunt this animal in company : from live to. fifteen 

 planters, and occasionally a large number of hunters, 

 would join together in the pursuit of these ravagers of 

 their corn-fields, in order to diminish their number and 

 prevent their further depredations, as at times they would 

 nearly destroy a farmer's crop." 



11. The wart-hog is a native of South Africa. It is 



