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these, with ordinary care, to within 20 yards, from 
which distance they can be killed with a charge of BB 
shot, lodged either on the side of the head or behind the 
shoulder. For food, the half grown sows are the best. 
There is generally a puma (Felis concolor) following 
the drove, killing and eating the stragglers from 
time to time as he wants food. Should this puma allow 
the hogs to surround him, or should he pursue some hog 
into the midst of the drove, he would be torn to pieces 
immediately. When hunted with dogs, the kairoonie 
does not run far, but, getting his hind quarters against 
a stump or under the branches of a fallen tree, he faces 
the dog until the huntsman comes up and shoots. The 
large tusks and formidable appearance of the kairoonie 
when at bay, together with the advantage of position, 
prevent the dog from seizing it without the almost cer- 
tainty of being killed. 
The abouyah is smaller than the kairoonie, and it is 
seldom that more than eight or ten are found together. 
They are more difficult to approach. When hunted by 
dogs they run into holes under the roots of trees or into a 
fallen and hollow log ; sometimes four or five will run 
into one such log. The huntsman has then to block the 
ends of the log, being careful while so doing not to be 
bitten by the abouyah from inside ; after all exits have 
been carefully and firmly stopped, a hole is cut in the 
side or top of the log, through which the abouyah may 
be either stabbed or shot. The Accawoi Indians make 
necklaces of the tusks of both abouyah and karoonie.* 
* All the various Carib tribes make chese necklaces, for a further 
account of which see " Among the Indians of Guiana," London 1883, 
p. 307.— Ed, 
