In the first place the whole herd of peccaries began to snap and grunt laik fury till the noise of the cyclone simmahd down into a sort of pitiful whine, laik the whine of a whipped dog.
The white-lipped peccaries are found in all the forests of South America--from the Caribbean Sea to the Pampas of Buenos Ayres.
The breadth of the river, and the rapidity of the current, seem to be but trifling obstacles to them; and are overcome easily, since the peccaries are excellent swimmers.
Of the non-ruminantia we have only the Suidae--the peccaries belonging to America, and the hippopotami to Africa.
The peccaries looked at each other; and then one moved to a little distance, then another, and at last the whole herd set off scampering away through the forest.
Suddenly the accounts I had heard of the dangerous character of peccaries flashed across my mind, and at the same instant I saw a number of the animals coming out of their holes.
We had just taken our seats facing John, when the peccaries discovered us; and a number of them turning round, charged across the ground on which we had stood.
Peccaries are the most formidable enemies, when met with in numbers, to be found in the forests of the Amazon.
Men, Horses, and Dogs fly in haste, for the Peccaries fight like a well drilled army, and by swarming about an enemy they are sure to conquer with their strong, sharp tusks.
Rendgger, the well known naturalist, states that one may follow the Peccaries for days without seeing them.
In the canebrakes of Texas, where the trees are of enormous size, the Peccaries make their home.
It not only infests the common domestic and wild hog, but the peccaries and wart-hogs.
The peccaries are recorded as in the text by the marvel-loving Purchas, p.
Herds of peccaries roamed the forest islands at will.
A wide trail led to the edge of the stream, cut deep by the hoofs of tapirs, peccaries and other animals.
The peccaries turned to follow him, whereupon I broke one of the stoutest branches within my reach and flung it among the drove as a challenge for them to turn their attention upon me and to give Gyp an opportunity to escape.
Casting my eyes in the direction in which he pointed, I beheld a large jaguar stealing cautiously along towards one of the peccaries which lay wounded on the ground.
Tim was still dissatisfied at not being able to tame a few peccaries to keep in his hut.
We determined, however, to do what we could to put the peccaries to flight, and began shooting away; taking good aim, that we might not uselessly expend our arrows.
As there appeared little probability of the peccaries returning, we followed Tim's advice, and began cutting up the animals, so as to secure the best joints from each.
Up the tree we sprang; and scarcely had we got a few feet from the ground when a whole herd of peccaries came rushing towards us, ploughing up the ground with their tusks, and exhibiting other signs of rage.
Arthur at last advised that we should stop shooting, in the hope that, from some cause or other, the peccaries would raise the siege and take their departure.
He climbs and swims with equal facility, and preys on the larger domestic quadrupeds, on Peccaries and Monkeys, and also on Tortoises and Fishes.
The Peccaries are animals which are peculiar to America.
If we had not used crippling rifles the peccaries might have gotten away, for in the dark jungle, with the masses of intervening leaves and branches, it was impossible to be sure of placing each bullet properly in the half-seen moving beast.
We were riding along a grassy intervale between masses of forest, and he had found the fresh track of a herd of big peccaries crossing from left to right.
Cherrie, also in Costa Rica, came on the body of a jaguar which had evidently been killed by a herd of peccaries some twenty-four hours previously.
The peccaries had gone into a broad belt of forest, with a marsh on the farther side.
The peccaries did not charge; walking and trotting, with bristles erect, groaning and clacking their tusks, they disappeared into the jungle.
The white- lipped peccaries make no effort to escape observation by being either noiseless or motionless; they trust for defence to their gregariousness and truculence.
The stomachs of thepeccaries we killed contained wild figs, palm nuts, and bundles of root fibres.
However, just at this moment the peccaries bolted from an unsuspected opening at the other end of the log, dove into the tangle, and instantly disappeared with the hounds in full cry after them.
Then we dimly made out the dark forms of the peccaries moving very slowly to the left.
The dogs were baying excitedly at the mouth of a huge hollow log, and very short examination showed us that there were two peccaries within, doubtless a boar and sow.
At first Antonio led the colonel and me, all of us on horseback, at a canter round this belt to the marsh side, thinking the peccaries had gone almost through it.
Deer are most commonly represented in this hunting section although peccaries and armadillos also appear.
The white-lipped peccaries also occur, but in the figures it is impossible to distinguish the species.
This did not last long, for as soon as they had encountered the sharp teeth of the peccaries they ran howling back to the tree where Harry and Cudjo had taken shelter.
It then occurred to me that I might leave Frank where he was, and by making a sudden rush through the smoke, get nearer to Harry and Cudjo and give them warning before the peccaries could get up.
But at the same instant, on glancing back, I saw the whole herd of the peccaries rushing after me with shrill cries.
He would, no doubt, have attacked us sooner had he not dreaded the peccaries below; but he feared that by springing at us he might precipitate himself amongst them; and this kept him for the moment quiet.
The peccaries had followed to the foot of the tree, and there stopped--being unable to climb it.
Should I allow them to come on, and while the dogs might keep the peccaries engaged for a moment, shout out and warn them to take to the trees.
Although we often afterwards met a few of the peccaries in our hunting excursions--and had the fortune to capture some of their young--they never from that time offered to attack us, but always endeavoured to escape.
Only a few of the peccaries remained upon their feet; and these at length, becoming alarmed by the fearful slaughter of their companions, turned away from the tree, and fled into the thick underwood.
We were safe from the peccaries so long as we remained upon the tree, while we were at the mercy of the other, go where we would.
Their speed had been so great, their anxiety so serious, that they had not exchanged a syllable, so terrified were they of seeing the peccaries appear at any moment.
On seeing the horse appear suddenly in their midst, the peccaries rose, formed a compact group and rushed with their heads down in pursuit of the horse, thinking no longer of the man.
Let us explain to our readers, who probably know little about them, what sort of animals the peccaries are.
He passed a lasso round his horse's neck, and, in spite of its obstinate resistance, compelled it to advance to the entrance of the clearing in which the peccaries were assembled.
The movements of the peccaries are as quick and sharp as those of a squirrel.
We have not a moment to lose: the peccaries may alter their minds and return.
The peccariesare unboundedly ferocious: they know not danger, or at least despise it completely.
To attack the peccaries would have been extreme imprudence, and have produced no other result than that of turning on himself the fury of the animals, while not saving the man he wished to help.
The peccaries hold the intermediate grade between the domestic pig and the wild boar.
Peccaries will eat almost any kind of food, and though they live as a rule in the thickest parts of the forests, they will often wander to long distances in order to feed upon the crops in cultivated ground.
So if a hunter should meet with a herd of peccaries in the forest, even if he be armed with a gun, his only chance of escape is to climb into a tree and to stay there till they go away.
I have been assured by competent witnesses that in peccary hunting there is no danger whatever of mass attack through a desire for revenge, and that peccaries fired at will run like deer.
These peccaries are the fiercest and most dauntless animals in the forests of Brazil.
If they could only reach it in time there might be a chance of escape, for the peccaries would find it hard to climb the steep bank.
Not fifty feet down the path rushed a drove of peccaries numbering at least twenty.
As they came closer and closer, each of the peccaries seemed nearly as large as the wild boar of European forests, while their lips and lower jaws were pure white.
All around him lay dead peccaries which had fallen before his incredibly rapid strokes; but now his dark, gleaming skin was furrowed and slit with long bloody slashes where the tusks of dead and dying boars had gone home.
By this time, however, the peccaries were beyond all fear of death, and a score of them dashed in upon him.
The ants were very close as he lowered himself another yard, then a foot lower, and a foot beyond that, until the tusks of the plunging, leaping peccaries beneath him nearly touched his shoes.
Peccaries often root up the juicy lechuguilla rhizomes, while mule deer relish the tender bloomstalk, munching it much as a cow chews a stalk of corn.
It is well-known to frequent the forest-covered plains of Texas, and Emory (one of the most talented of modern observers) reports having met with a large drove of peccaries in the almost treeless mountains of New Mexico.
As we had gone without dogs, of course we were not likely to discover which of the nine hundred and ninety-nine hollow logs passed in a day, was the precise one in which the peccaries had taken shelter.
The peccaries stood with their backs highly arched and their feet drawn up together, like so many angry cats, threatening and uttering shrill grunts.
Turkeys I could have at almost any time; but it was not every day that peccaries appeared.
From the moment the peccarieshad appeared in sight, I had given up all thoughts about the turkeys.
These demonstrations brought the whole drove of peccaries to the spot, and in a moment a circle of them had formed around the reptile, that did not know which to strike at, but kept launching out its head recklessly in all directions.
Indeed, this fierce creature will not often meddle with the peccaries when he sees them in large numbers.
In South America the sow family is represented by the Peccaries (Dicotyles), of which there are two species, one of which is very abundant in the woods, and forms a most important article in the diet of the poor Indians.
My master and I have imitated the birds, and formed a nest for ourselves up in a tree; no jaguars, snakes, or peccaries can reach us there, and the Gothos are not likely to search in such a spot.
Our men, on hearing of the peccarieswe had killed, were eager to obtain some of the flesh, and coolly asked us to go with them, that we might defend them.
The padre, meantime, was blazing away, at each shot bringing down one of the peccaries besieging him; but the rest continued as furious as before the fall of their companions.
It is hardly necessary to say that this is a very useless proceeding--since the peccaries are neither more nor less than true wild hogs, the indigenous representatives of the suidae, on the American continent.
Whether it was the shout that had startled him, or the peccaries had trodden him out of his lair, or both, certain it was that he now sprang suddenly out, and with one bound launched himself upon the log.
The old father states that when a flock of the peccaries go in search of the flowers of the canela-tree, they separate into two divisions, of about nearly equal numbers.
Of course, to fall down among the peccaries would be death, equally certain and terrible.
Thither the peccaries had pursued him, and were now endeavouring to reach the top of the dead-wood, just as they had done while after the hunters.
While thus employed, the peccaries of the other party stand under the shower, and eat undisturbedly until they have quite filled their bellies, or otherwise satisfied themselves.
Whether the peccaries eventually succeeded in destroying the jaguar, or whether the wounded tyrant of the forest escaped from their terrible teeth, could never be told.
Of this fact our travellers had ample proofs--having frequently witnessed, while ascending the Napo, encounters between the peccaries and the jaguars.
The peccaries covered the whole line of beach behind them; and no tree could have been reached, without passing back again through the midst of the drove.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "peccaries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
