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country between that river and Lubango ; but 

 never saw the animal itself. 



With a shoulder height of some 26 inches, 

 the bush pig has a coat of reddish brown, the ears 

 are tufted with hair, and the tushes measure 

 6 to 7 inches. 



Nocturnal in its Jiabits and rarely seen, this 

 pig lives by day in the densest bush, where his food 

 of roots and wild fruit is to be found. S[ have seen 

 them in families of half a tiozen or more,, and from 

 the large -area of ground rooted up at\ night, it 

 is probable that herds may occasionally contain 



more thaji this number. 

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They? have considerate courage, anfl I was 

 once knocked down by an anxious mol/hcr who 

 had come to a wrong conclusion about my admira- 

 tion of her offspring. 



The BUFFALO (Bos caffeir) (Onyani in XJmbundu, 

 Onyati in . Quillenge, Njaiidi in Luinjbe), as far 

 as I can ascertain, are foujid only to the south of 

 the Coanza River, and by destruction from rinder- 

 pest and the hunter, arc becoming everywhere 

 rare. They are found on the Coporollo River 

 and some of its tributaries, and in the adjoining 

 country to the north-east along the upper Cubal 

 and Catumbella Rivers. All but the last few 

 buffalo of the great herds that existed along the 

 Cunene between Capelongo and Humbe have 

 been shot by Boers, and these wary old bulls 

 cannot escape their fate much longer. There are 

 a few on the Cunene, south of Humbe, and on the 

 lower reaches of the Cubango and Cuando Rivers 

 and their tributaries. Either buffalo or bush cow 



