Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 526
heads straight forthe nearest stream. It is very shy, very keen-witted, and without dogs is difficult to kill. Of the few American quadrupeds for whichan intelligent hunter entertains a certain amountof respect, the Collared Peccary is one. Al- i895.; THE MANATEE, TAPIR, AND PECCARY. 104 I COLLARED… … SOUTH AMERICAN TAPIRS. quite easily. It always annoys him very muchthat any one should dare to go a-gunning forhim, and Mr. A. B. Baker, of the Washington Zoo, points to a long slit in the side of hisleather leggings as an illustration of what aTexas Peccary can do when he is very angry.This…
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