WILD PIGS 57 



The following notes have reference to the animal as 

 found in South Africa. 



Bush pigs lie up by day in very thick bush or other 

 covert, so dense that a man has difficulty in forcing his 

 way through, and has constantly to stoop, or even crawl. 



BUSH PIG 



During the night they leave shelter and proceed to seek 

 their food : this consists principally of roots and wild 

 fruits ; but, like domestic pigs, they are largely omni- 

 vorous, and eggs, reptiles, insects and carrion are all 

 devoured. They do immense damage to cultivated lands, 

 not only eating, but wasting and destroying growing 

 crops of all kinds. Owing to their strictly nocturnal 



