The Wart hog and Bushpig. 203 



A noticeable feature of warthogs is. that when running 

 they hold their tails straight up, which gives them a rather 

 ludicrous appearance. I have only heard of one instance 

 of a warthog injuring a human being, and that was a 

 native who met one on a narrow path near his garden 

 one morning. I think it had probably been frightened, 

 and on seeing him in the way it gashed his leg severely. 



Many years ago I visited Sadiya in the northern parts of 

 Assam, and the police officer told me that he had a Gurkha 

 soldier in hospital who had wounded an Indian boar with a 

 Martini rifle, and that it knocked him down and gashed 

 and cut the softer parts of his body into ribbons ; but that 

 he was recovering, as they were only severe flesh wounds. 

 This shows the ferocity of the Indian pig, and it is certainly 

 a much pluckier beast than the African warthog. 



Warthogs are a greyish colour, and have long hair along 

 the neck and back. 



BUSHPIG {Potamochoerus cheer opotamus}. 



NATIVE NAMES. 

 Chinyanja - Nguruwe. | Chingoni - Nguruwe. 



Approximate weight, $ 22olb. 



Good average upper tush, $ ... 5in. curve. 



Bushpigs are pluckier beasts than warthogs, although 

 their teeth are smaller. The cutting teeth are thicker and 

 kept very sharp. Bushpigs are heavier than w r arthogs and 

 are of a reddish colour with long hair along the top of the 

 neck and ridge of the back, and also hairy on the body. 



I have mentioned cases of them attacking leopards, and 

 I have no doubt that several of them could kill one of these 

 animals if they managed to get him cornered. 



There seems to be a variation in the size and colouring 

 of bushpigs in different districts of this country, and those 

 found on Mlanje Range in Nyasaland seem to me to be 

 larger and much hairier than those found in other places. 

 It is very cold on the plateau of Mlange Mountain during 



