

TIIK I.A1TI Tl MOUNTAINS 



XXII 



The Ant'Bear, the Porcupine, the Wild Boar, 

 and smaller Mammals 



THERE are strange dwellers on the velt, which the 

 hunter is not likely to come across unless he is 

 exceptionally lucky, or unless he goes to great trouble in 

 ferreting them out of their burrows. Among these are the 

 ant-bear (Orycteropns werf/ieri] and the porcupine {Hystrix 

 africce-australis}. 



One of the greatest authorities upon the African fauna, 

 Mr. Jackson, though constantly on the look-out for porcu- 

 pines during his ten years' residence in East Africa, never 

 once came upon one out in the open. The porcupine is 

 nocturnal in its habits, and spends the day in its burrow. 

 I have never seen it at large, though I have picked up 

 hundreds of dropped quills. Natives have brought me 

 specimens of the animal, which they have grubbed out of 

 their burrows. 



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