. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals ... found in the course of his travels . dangerous tusks. Although they are usually hunted with the smallerbore rifles, a sport is growing up gradually of spearing them fromhorseback like the sport of pigsticking, so popular in India. TheBritish officers there have devoted a great deal of time to trainingtheir ponies and themselves to this exciting sport with the nativeIndian wild boar. l82 THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED
. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals ... found in the course of his travels . dangerous tusks. Although they are usually hunted with the smallerbore rifles, a sport is growing up gradually of spearing them fromhorseback like the sport of pigsticking, so popular in India. TheBritish officers there have devoted a great deal of time to trainingtheir ponies and themselves to this exciting sport with the nativeIndian wild boar. l82 THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS The wart-hog stands about two feet six inches high at the shoulderand is of a reddish brown color. The top of the head, upper part ofthe neck, shoulders and back are covered with long stiff bristles, thoseon the top of the head diverging like the radii of a circle. The canineteeth are very large and long, directed upwards and forming the afore-mentioned tusks. The head is very large and the muzzle very fleshy wen behind each eye and a warty excrescence on either sideof the muzzle give the wart-hog its name. The tail is about twentyinches long, thin, straight and tufted with bristles. In spite of the. THE WART-HOGNative of Africa—So called from the large fleshy lumps on the faceteeth are bent outwards and upwards -The upper ugly head and body, the eyes are really their most forbidding char-acteristic. They are small and sinister. When the animal is disturbedthey fairly blaze with rage. When attacked, the wart-hog usually runs for his burrow, forthey live under ground as a rule, and it is a truly funny sight to seeone going down this hole in the ground backward, as their custom are rarely dangerous unless cornered or the horseman is thrownduring the chase. If this happens the wart-hog is apt to turn andcharge his fallen pursuer. In this case the long tusks may prove very THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS 183 effectual weapons. The wart-hog inhabits the pla
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