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most of the year, especially at night, and I have little 

 doubt that the pigs there have grown hairier skins as 

 a protection against the lower temperature. 



Bushpigs do great damage to native crops, and the 

 natives usually make fences to keep them out of the 

 gardens. On the other hand warthogs do not often invade 

 the grain fields, as they prefer to keep to the bush and 

 plains. 1 have heard of a small pig in this country which 

 must resemble the peccary; but I never saw one. The 

 natives mention the existence of this animal near the 

 Luchenza River flowing past Mikolongwe, in Blantyre 

 district, and a friend, Mr. W. P. Ronaldson, told me that 

 he had seen their spoor, which was very small ; so I think it 

 is probable that these little pigs exist there. They are 

 said to keep to the thick bush during the daytime and only 

 to go into the more open country in the hours of darkness. 



Lions kill a great number of bushpigs and I should 

 think they are better eating than the skinny, long-snouted 

 native pigs they also feed on when they can break into 

 a kraal. 



I should say that a big male bushpig is slightly heavier 

 than a warthog boar, as he is thicker made and larger in 

 the limbs. 



(Two varieties). 



(1) Spotted hyaena (Hy&na crocuta). 



(2) Brown hysena (Hya>na brunnea). 



NATIVE NAMES (Spotted variety). 



Chinyanja - - Fisi. | Chingoni - - - Pisi. 

 Approximate weight, <? ......... I25lb. 



There are two varieties of hyaenas in Central Africa, but the 

 spotted hyaena is the only one that is likely to be met with, 

 and I ne^er saw a specimen of a brown hyaena although I 

 heard of one being shot in Mlanje District many years 

 ago. I have also heard that they are slightly more 



