CONTENTS.
I. Page - Zoological definition of the Pig—The order Pachydermata—The Peccary—The Babiroussa—The Phaco-choeres—The Capibara—Various animals have been called by the name of Hog.
1 II. - Derivation of the term Hog—The Hog was greatly esteemed by the Romans—Worshipped by some of the ancients—Swine's flesh prohibited by the law of Moses—By that of Mohammed—Despised by the Egyptians,
21 III. - The early history of Swine—Legendary and authentic records respecting the keeping of then in England—Ancient Welsh laws relative to Swine—The forests of England—Swineherds—Their mode of managing their herds—Calabrian Swineherds—Horn used to assemble the grunting troop—The Schwein-General—Herds of Swine kept in France—Value of Pigs—Some vindication of them—Anecdote proving their teachability—Sagacity of a Pig—Some demonstration of Memory in one—Attachment to individuals—Swine not innately filthy animals—They are possessed of more docility than they usually have credit for—Their exquisite sense of smell—Pigs said to foretell rain and wind,
30 IV. - The Wild Boar—Description of him Characteristics the Female and her young—Hunting the Wild Boar—Homer's description of a Boar-hunt—Roman festivals and games—the Wild Boar in England and Scotland—in France—in Germany—Mode of hunting the boar in Germany—Wild Boar park of the Emperor of Austria—Present wild breed in Germany—in Hungary—in the Styrian Alps—in Russia and Sweden—In the East—Habits of the Wild Hog in India—Wild Hog hunting in India—The wild breed in America—Fearful conflict with a wild herd in Columbia—The Wild Boar the parent stock of all domesticated breeds—Resemblances between—Alterations produced by domestication—Resumption of old habits on again becoming free from control of man,
46 V. - Swine in America—In large towns—Original breed—Improved breed—Swine in Canada—In Ohio—In Mexico—Hebrides—In Columbia—In the South Sea Islands—Swine in Asia—in China and Japan—Ceylon—Hindustan—Turkey and Arabia—Swine in Africa—Guinea—New Holland—Caffraria—Swine in Europe—In Malta—In Italy—In Germany—In Hungary—In Russia—In Sweden—In France—Swine indigenous to the Channel Islands—In Jersey—In Guernsey—In Sark—In Alderney—The Isle of Man—In the Hebrides—In the Shetland Isles—In the Orkneys,
58 VI. - Scotland, aboriginal breed of Swine in—Little known until lately—Present races—England, original breed—Swine in Yorkshire—Lincolnshire—Leicestershire—Bedfordshire—Essex—Suffolk—Norfolk—Shropshire—Cheshire—Gloucestershire—Herefordshire—Wiltshire—Berkshire—Hampshire—and Sussex—The Chinese breed—Swine in Ireland
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