THE HOG. 



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A Hunter assailed by Peccaries. 



The Peccary is a small, but very fierce animal of the hog kind, found in Mexico, Texas, and South 

 America. There are two varieties, the Collared Peccary and the White-lipped Peccary. The White- 

 lipped Peccary is larger than the other species, weighing one hundred pounds, and being three and a half 

 feet in length. It assembles in large flocks, and attacks the hunter with great intrepidity. 



M. Sonnini relates that he was often, in the course of his travels in Guiana, surrounded by a troop of 

 Peccaries, infuriated with the havoc made by the muskets of himself and his companion. Mounted upon 

 a tree he was enabled to observe their motions, and to notice the manner in which they encouraged by 

 their grunts and by the rubbing of their snouts together those among them who were injured by the shots 

 which were poured upon them from above. With erected bristles and eyes sparkling with rage, they still 

 maintained their ground under an incessant firing of two or three hours, when they quitted the field. 



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White-lipped Peccary. 



