BIG GAME SHOOTING 



or enraged boar, and occasional accidents happen. 

 The tushes are moderately good, and rarely exceed 7 

 or 8 inches in extreme length. A good boar will 

 weigh from 250 Ibs. to 275 Ibs., and will measure 

 from 2 feet 9 inches to 3 feet at the shoulder. 



THE BUSH PIGS 



Three kinds of Bush Pig are at present known in 

 Africa the common bush pig (Sus cheer opotamus 

 typicus), the Abyssinian bush pig (Sus cheer o-potamus 

 hassama}) and the West African bush pig, or Red 

 River hog (Sus chceropotamus porcus]. 



The Common Bush Pig of South -East Africa is 

 typical of the first two species. Varying from a 

 dark greyish- brown to reddish -brown in colour, it 

 stands from 31 to 34 inches at the shoulder, weighs 

 about 235 Ibs., and carries tusks measuring 6 or 7 

 inches in length. The ears are tufted and tapering. 

 It bears a bristling mane, and the cheeks and tail are 

 tufted. These pigs are found from the eastern parts 

 of Cape Colony, throughout South -East Africa, as 

 far as the Zambesi. They inhabit broken, bushy 

 country, often afforested, and always well watered. 

 They are seldom seen in daylight, feeding usually at 

 night in herds of from four to five to as many as a 

 score in number. They are strong, courageous 

 beasts, showing, as a rule, more grit than the wart 

 hog, and fighting vigorously when cornered. The 

 Swazis and Zulus, and occasionally an adventurous 

 Englishman in search of novelty, hunt them with 



