Identifier: natalprovincedes00tatl (find matches)Title: Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-bookYear: 1911 (1910s)Authors: Tatlow, A.HSouth African Railways. Publicity DeptSubjects: RailroadsPublisher: Durban, Natal : South African Railways Printing WorksContributing Library: Robarts - University of TorontoDigitizing Sponsor: University of TorontoView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:The Eland 490 The Hippopotamus op Sea Cow (Hippopotamus amphibius) has a smooth thick hairlessskin which is greyish black. The canine teeth are very large, and the incisor teeth of thelower jaw project horizontally. Large specimens may attain a length of 12 to 14 feet, andthe weight may be over four tons. Among other places the hippopotamus is found in Zululand, in the Komati River, andalong the Zambesi. This animal is very fond of water and can swim with great ease. It sleeps during theday near the river-banks or under the water ; and towards evening it leaves its sleeping-placeand walks along narrow tracks, which it forms, to its feeding quarters. Its food consists ofgrass, twigs, and succulent herbs.Text Appearing After Image:Bush Pig or Boseh Vark The Bush Pig or Bosch-Vark (Potamoehoerus ehoeropotamus) is covered with coarsebrown bristles. In front of the eyes there are cartilaginous thickenings of the skin coveringa short bony projection of the skull. Ears are pointed with a tuft of long hair at their apices.The lower tusks project outside the jaw to a length of two or three inches. The bush piglives in dense bush and is very fond of water. It is nocturnal in habits and wanders about insmall companies of half-a-dozen or more individuals, and feeds chiefly on roots and nuts. Itoccurs in Zululand. The Wart Hog iPhaeoehcerus aethiopieus) is more or less black with a few sparsely-scattered bristles. Along the mid-dorsal line, however, the bristles are thickly set and maybe ten or more inches in length. Below the eye on each side there is a large fleshy wart,while further forward there is a more horny wart. The canine teeth of the upper-jaw arelarge, especially in the male, and are turned upwards, they may rNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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Summary[edit] Description: English: Sus scrofa scrofa CENTRAL EUROPEAN BOAR. Wildpark Eekholt. Date: 7 July 2012, 14:07:03. Source: Own work. Author: NasserHalaweh.
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