CONTENTS. V 



The Two-horned Rhinoceros or Badak of Sumatra (474) — The Fire-eating Rhinoceros (476) — The 

 Rough-eared Rhinoceros (476). 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. 



The Borele or Little Black Rhinoceros (477) — The Sword-Hunters of Abyssinia (479) — The 

 Keitloa (479) — Their Fierceness (480) — The Mohogoo or White Rhinoceros (481) — Hunting 

 Adventure of Mr. Oswell (482) — The Kobaoba (484)— Probability of its Extinction (484). 



CHAPTER XL 

 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 

 The Hippopotamus or River Horse (485) — Description (486) — Habits (486) — Favorite Haunts 

 (487) — Food (487) — Violence when Provoked (488) — Maternal Affection (488) — Modes of Hunt- 

 ing (489) — Pitfalls and Downfalls (489) — Harpooning (489) — The Hippopotamus in Captivity 

 (491) — The Small or Liberian Hippopotamus (492). 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE PECCARIES. 

 The Swine Family (493) — General Characteristics (493) — The Peccaries (494) — The Collared 

 Peccary (494) — Its Courage and Fierceness (495) — The White-lipped Peccary (495) — Its Habits 

 (495) — Methods of Hunting the Peccary (496) — Flesh of the Peccary (497). 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE TRUE SWINE. 



The Genus Sus (498)— Religious Prohibitions (498)— The Boar of Valhalla (499)— The Boar's 



Head (499) — The Wild Boar of Europe (499) — Hunting the Wild Boar (500) — The Wild Hog of 



India (501) — The Domestic Hog (502) — Anecdotes of the Hog (502) — Breeds of Hogs (504) — The 



Berkshire (504) — Trichiniasis (504). 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE RIVER-HOGS, BABYROUSSA, AND WART-HOGS. 



The River Hogs (506)— The Pencilled Hog (506)— The Bush Hog, or Bosch Vark (507)— 



Edwards' River-Hog (508) — The Babyroussa (508) — Its Peculiar Tusks (508) — The Wart-Hogs 



(509) — Hideous Appearance (510) — The African Wart-Hog, or Vlacke Vark (510) — The Wart- 



Hog of iElian of Engallo (511). 



CHAPTER XV. 

 THE CAMEL. 

 The Ruminants (512)— The Camelidic (512)— The Camels of the Old World (513)— The 

 Arabian Camel, or Dromedary (514) — The Camel in the Bible (515) — The Camel in Europe (515) 

 — The Camel in Africa (515) — Its Food 1516' — Its Powers of Resisting Thirst (516) — Its speed 

 (517) — Mode of Riding (517) — Its Behavior when Loading (518) — Its Vices (519) — Anecdote of 

 Latif Pacha (520) — Its Value (521)— The Two-humped Camel of Bactria (522). 



