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small that they can scarcely be seen beyond the lips, but they 

 are terribly sharp, cut like lancets, and can be wielded with 

 singular swiftness and force. 



Moreover, the Peccaries, until they have learned respect for 

 man from long experience, seem to be entirely without the 

 sense of fear, and to be in the habit of taking offence at the 

 least sound, and charging at the spot. There is scarcely a 

 hunter who has not been forced to climb into the branches of 



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trees in order to escape a herd of Peccaries, and even when 

 they have driven him into the tree, they will sit round it, 

 gnashing their tusks in anger. The sound of the clashing 

 tusks is well known to hunters, and warns them to prepare 

 for a charge. 



The jaguar preys upon them, but is afraid of them. They 

 always go in herds, and if one be attacked, the rest are sure 

 to come to the rescue. So, the jaguar silently follows the 

 herd, strikes down a straggling Peccary and makes for the 

 nearest tree. There it remains until the Peccaries are tired 



