Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 362
for a long time without comingup for air. It is a very powerful animal, and asit is furnished with a wonderfully thick hide, itplunges through the brushwood, breaking its waythrough any obstacles that may oppose its prog-ress. Colonel Roosevelts party captured thebaby tapir seen in the picture… … Photographed by Kermit Roosevelt.THE BABY TAPIR. lie was so cunning, and snapped him with thecamera instead. In disposition the tapir is gentle, but if an-noyed, it may rush at its antagonist, and defenditself vigorously with its big, powerful teeth.The jaguar frequently springs on it, but is…
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