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SUS PALUSTRIS. 



says lie is now convinced that the Sus palustris "was imported 

 from the East, and stands in nearest relation to Sus vittatus 



FIG. 170. 



Part of the corresponding Vertebra of the Bison. 



of East Asia, the stock from which all Asiatic, most African 

 and Southern European (Eoman and Greek) races are derived," 

 the Northern European race being, on the contrary, derived 

 from the wild boar. 



Our domestic hog first makes its appearance in the later 

 Pile- works. Prof. Elitimeyer does not, however, believe that 

 it was tamed by the inhabitants of Switzerland, but is rather 

 disposed to look upon it as having been introduced during 

 the Bronze Age, and the more so as he also finds at Concise 

 traces of a variety of the ox (B. trochoceros) which does not 

 occur in the earlier Pile- works. 



The discovery of dung among the remains of the Pfahl- 

 bauten sufficiently proves that the Lake-dwellers had domes- 

 tic animals, but there are also other indications from which 

 we may draw the same conclusion. 



In endeavouring to ascertain whether any given bones 



