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hitting some of our own men, it might have proved a serious affair for the native he 

 singled out." After some trouble the animal was, however, finally dispatched with 

 a spear thrust; but, "even with four spears buried in his body, the old boar died 

 game, striving to the very last to get at his antagonists." 



THE WART HOGS 

 Genus Phacochcerus 



As Africa possesses in the red bush pig the handsomest representative of the 

 Swine family, so in the wart hogs it presents us with the most hideous members, 

 not only of that group, but of the whole Ungulate order. 



WART HOG. 

 (One-twelfth natural size.) 



The wart hogs, of which there are two nearly-allied species, are characterized 

 by the enormous size of their heads, in which the lower part of the face is extremely 

 flat and broad, while below each eye is a huge warty protuberance between which 

 and the tusk there are two other of smaller size. The head is likewise distinguished 

 by the great length of the muzzle, and the consequent backward position of the eyes; 

 the hideous physiognomy being completed by the huge tusks with which the jaws 

 of both sexes are armed, those of the upper jaw being considerably longer than those 

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