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earths he can, however, be sometimes bolted by 

 stamping about on the top. He is never hunted 

 with the spear, as in India, and is always bagged 

 with the bullet. The upper tushes grow to enormous 

 length, and measure in good average specimens as much 

 as 15 or 1 6 inches over the curve. An abnormal 

 pair from Annesley Bay, Abyssinia, measure no less 

 than 27 and 26 inches each. A full-grown boar 

 will stand 30 inches at the shoulder. Found in 

 most parts of South and East Africa, from the 

 Orange River to Abyssinia, the wart hog is usually 

 to be met with in dry country, partly open, partly 

 covered with thorn bush and open forest. An 

 expanding bullet from a .303 or .400 rifle is quite 

 sufficient to account for this animal. 



The Algerian Wild Boar is none other than the 

 African representative of the common wild boar of 

 Europe (Sus scrofa). Found in Algeria and Morocco, 

 its habits, food, and general appearance are practically 

 identical with those of its European congener. It 

 frequents thick jungle and forest, and feeds a good 

 deal on the acorns of the evergreen oaks of North 

 Africa. In the heat of day these pigs lie up in cool 

 and shady spots, and wallow in the mud with the 

 huge delight of their race for this form of pleasure. 



An average sounder of these pigs would be a boar 

 and sow, and six or eight young ones. As the 

 young pigs become nearly full grown they quit the 

 parents and form herds of their own. In Africa, as 

 in Europe, these boars are usually killed with the 

 rifle. There is some risk in the charge of a wounded 



