Panama and the canal . he most careful hunter could come within gunshot of oneof them. At times a jaguar will come out of the woods toattack a herd of cattle, but more often it feeds on monkeysand tapirs. An interesting little animal called the warree can at timesbe seen in the Isthmian jungle. It is a species of wild naturalist Godman writes of this animal:The warrees go in herds of fifty to one hun-dred. They are said to assist one another against theattacks of the jaguar, but that wily animal is too intelligent for them. He sitsquietly on a branchof a tree till thewarrees come un-de
Panama and the canal . he most careful hunter could come within gunshot of oneof them. At times a jaguar will come out of the woods toattack a herd of cattle, but more often it feeds on monkeysand tapirs. An interesting little animal called the warree can at timesbe seen in the Isthmian jungle. It is a species of wild naturalist Godman writes of this animal:The warrees go in herds of fifty to one hun-dred. They are said to assist one another against theattacks of the jaguar, but that wily animal is too intelligent for them. He sitsquietly on a branchof a tree till thewarrees come un-derneath, thenjumping down killsone by breaking itsneck, leaps up intothe tree again, waitsthere until the herd departs, when he comes down andfeeds on the slaughtered warree in quietness. The warree is black in color, except that its lips and jaware pure white. It is about forty inches long, with shortbut nimble legs. Very large tusks and a coarse fur of stiff,strong bristles give it a fierce appearance. Close acquaint-. It IS A Species of Wild Hog. HUNTING WARREES 6i ance with this httle wild hog is not always agreeable. , former Chief Justice of Belize in Central America,says: If you meet a flock of warrees in the bush and take nonotice of them, it is probable that they will take no noticeof you, but if your intentions are hostile and your design isto transfer one of them from his native wilderness to yourkitchen, you must take care to place yourself in a safe po-sition before you carry your design into execution. A gen-tleman not long since shot a warree without having takenthe necessary precautions. The remainder of the flock in-stantly pursued him, and if he had not managed to climbinto a tree he would have been torn to pieces. But he waskept a prisoner in that leafy asylum for many hours, thesun^iving warrees being bent on revenging the death of theircompanion. Even when the flock went a litde distance tofeed, they left two or three to stand guard at the foot of t
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