MR. WEBBER, in that delightful book, " Wild Scenes and 

 Wild Hunters of the World," gives a very interesting account 

 of the peccaries, or wild Mexican hogs, whom he represents 

 as really formidable to the hunter. Instead of the fear in- 

 spired by the report of fire-arms as in other animals the 

 peccary exhibits rage and ferocity. " Ungovernable rage 

 seems to take the place of this panic a rage quite as head- 

 long and as blind. Though scarcely more than eighteen 

 inches high by two and a half feet in length, it is yet really 

 one of the most formidable animals belonging to our hemi- 

 sphere. It is gregarious, and goes in droves from ten to fifty. 

 Its jaws are armed after the manner of the wild boar, with 

 tushes ; but they are of a very different shape, and, if possible, 



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