The particularly offensive habit of spitting in the face of people who may be obnoxious to it is well known to those who are in the habit of seeing much of this animal.
Photo by G. W. Wilson & Co., Ltd.] [Aberdeen.
ALPACA.
A domesticated form, bred solely for its wool, which is of a dark brown or black colour.
THE CHEVROTAINS.
Mention must be made, before passing to the Pig Tribe, of the smallest of hoofed mammals, the Royal Antelope excepted—the Chevrotains. These little animals are hornless, and intermediate in character between the Deer, Camels, and Pigs. The males have large canine teeth, like those of the Musk-deer, with which the Chevrotains have long been confounded. The range of these animals, of which there are five species known, extends from India and Ceylon, through the Malayan countries, as far east as the island of Palawan, in the Philippine group. One species, the largest of the group, occurs on the west coast of Africa.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE PIG AND HIPPOPOTAMUS.