THE CAi'E WAliT-HOG. 
after tlie same fashion; eat and drink in the same swinisli manner; are fond of the same descrip- 
tion of food — roots and fruits, with fish and serpents when they are met with ; they elevate their 
long bristles like the hog when terrified or angry ; breathe with the same violent eff'ort ; and ex- 
press their feelings Avith the same peculiar grunt. When taken young they readily become habit- 
uated to the society of man, take as much delight as our pigs in being scratched and rubbed, and 
are speedily reduced to a state of complete subservience. They are not, however, likely ever to 
become so useful in the farm-yard, for — not to speak of their fetid gland, which is very offensive, 
THE COLLARED PECCARY. 
■and is said to communicate a very disagreeable savor to their flesh if not removed immediately 
after death — the flesh itself is decidedly inferior to pork both in flavor and fatness, and they are 
far less prolific than the hog, the female producing but once a year and two at a birth. They 
are more or less common in Mexico and South America, inhabiting the thickest and most exten- 
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