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and not only enters fresh water in search of aquatic plants, 

 but frequently crosses the narrower sea channels. 



The flesh of the animal is highly esteemed, and to obtain 

 it the natives of Celebes organise hunts on quite a large 

 scale. It is captured in very much the same manner as the 

 elephant, the animals being driven into a corral, at the end 

 of which they become entangled in nets, after which they 

 are either bound or speared. The sport is not without 

 excitement, as evidenced in the words of Dr. Guille- 

 mard : 



'The next moment a magnificent old boar Babyrussa 

 rushed past within five yards of us, and plunged into the 

 net between our tree and the entrance to the corral. His 

 long tusks became entangled in the meshes, and the natives 

 ran up to spear him. Just at this moment, however, he 

 broke loose, and, turning on his antagonists, scattered them 

 in all directions. It was a most determined charge, and, 

 as we were unable to fire for fear of hitting some of our 

 own men, it might have proved a serious affair for the 

 native he singled out. Even with four spears buried in his 

 body, the old boar died game, striving to the very last to get 

 at his antagonists.' 



WAET HOG (Phacockcerus czthiopicus). 

 Plate XL. Fig. 2. 



If the Red Bush Pig is the handsomest member of the 

 Swine family, the Wart Hog is the ugliest of the whole of 

 the Ungulates, and the order includes a few with certainly 

 no pretensions to beauty. The body is quite pig-like, 

 massive and cylindrical ; the neck and back are clothed 

 with long, bristly hair, while the remainder of the skin is 

 practically naked. But it is the head which attracts almost 

 amazed attention. Of enormous size, with a great length 

 of muzzle, and the lower part of the face particularly flat 

 and broad, the head would be remarkable in its ugliness if 

 its characteristics ended there. The eyes are fixed in large 

 protuberances, which enable the creature, when chased, to 

 throw its head upwards and glance at the foe over its back. 



