. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. esque wart-hog. with his large, curling tushes is very numerous throughout thedrier, sandier districts; their unsightly warts, two on each cheek, are much larger in the boarthan in the sow, as are also the tushes, which in the former animal sometimes grow to such asize as to end their points up to a line with the eyes.
. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. esque wart-hog. with his large, curling tushes is very numerous throughout thedrier, sandier districts; their unsightly warts, two on each cheek, are much larger in the boarthan in the sow, as are also the tushes, which in the former animal sometimes grow to such asize as to end their points up to a line with the eyes. They are very fierce when body is of dark-reddish brown, and is an exceedingly welcome addition to the .sportmanslarder. The common hippopotamus is still found in every river with water enough to coverhis recumbent body, and in nearly every lake or marsh in the Uganda Protectorate. Theanimal is very dangerous to navigation at the north end of Lake Albert and on the UpperNile. He is consequently not much protected by the game regulations (). as thereis no immediate danger of his becoming extinct, for in the vast marshes he will be preservedfrom the white mans rifle, and will be out of the way of steamer routes. ^^ : NATiONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ^^ X. Indinr,,,,,! ^? I A (IK MOMBASA WriIl llKli IKT HKKi;rclcs on her chifks and dyes hiT hands purple, and is a rirognized model ofess. Antelope steak is a favorite dish in this region, but this particularured favorite, safe from the hunters rifle,— Pholo and (opi/righl. 190!!, hi/ihrinmil. Xrw York. ^^ SCENES FROM EVERY LANO , i^?M
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