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The Wild Boar 
Y OU would not think it, but these wild boars 
are about three feet tall. Boars, and their 
cousins, the tame pigs, have been found in 
many parts of the world, but always in moist, 
swampy places. They turn up the ground with 
their snouts, in their hunt for the roots which are 
their food. As you see them here, they usually go 
in pairs. These are really wild boars, and their 
two tusks, which are about three inches long, and 
come out of their lower jaw, are the sharp 
weapons with which they fight their foes. Boars 
are so fierce that they often get the better of ani¬ 
mals much larger and wilder than themselves. 
The Salmon 
T HIS fish is so active that it is both 
a fresh-water and a salt-water fish. 
This is how that happens. He is 
born in the quiet sandy pools near the 
sources of rivers, where, of course, the 
water is fresh. Then, when he is some¬ 
what grown, he goes down the river into 
the sea, and there he feeds so well on 
shrimps, crabs, and other shellfish that his 
flesh becomes pink. He returns to the river for the spawning season, then 
to the sea. He is a brownish and silver color with red spots. 
The Red River-hog 
Y OU would think, from the way he looks in this picture, that this 
was a large animal, but he is not. He does not stand much more 
than two feet high. The picture makes him look big so that you 
may see his white mane and the white 
marks around his eyes, on his cheeks, and 
near his ears. Most of him is a brilliant 
reddish brown, with tints of yellow. He is 
by far the most handsome pig found any¬ 
where. Pigs such as he live in large herds 
in the forests and jungles near the river 
banks in West Africa. His tail as well as 
his ears lias a tuft of long hair upon it. 
