THE STORY OF THE WART-HOG. 



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In South-Easterii Africa — where they are known to- the natives by the 

 name of Indhlovudawani — wart-hogs are found on the plains in Hght thorn- 

 jungles ; and they are abundant in the districts around Mount Kilima-Njaro. 

 In those regions they generally occupy the deserted burrow of an aard-vark, 

 or other animal. They have a most curious mode of exit when they bolt — 

 a dangerous one if you are not up to it. As they emerge from a hole, they 

 turn a somersault on to the back of it, instead of coming straight out like 

 an ordinary animal, and as that is just the spot where one would naturally 



WART HOG OF SOUTH EASTERN AFRICA. 



stand, more than one man has had his legs ripped open before he learnt the 

 wisdom of experience. On more than one occasion I have seen a male wart- 

 hog walk deliberately through a pack of large hounds without taking the 

 slightest notice of them, sO' long as they refrained from biting. Did, however, 

 one bolder than the rest, venture to come to close quarters, the wart-hog with 

 a sudden jerk would either lay its assailant crippled on the ground, or send 

 It howling away. 



The young are striped, as are the young of the wild boar. 



