54 



HOG. 



Class L 



** Without horns. 



VI. HOG. 



Divided hoofs. 



Cutting teeth in both jaws. 



Common. Sus, feu Porcus domeflicus. 



Raiifyn. quad. 92. 



Ge/ner quad. ^'jz. 



Charlton ex. 14. ^ 



Sus caudatus aurlculis ob- 

 longis acutis, cauda pi- 

 lofa. Brijfon quad. 74. 



DeBuffon.Tom.y. 99. Tab. 6. 7. 



Klein quad. 25. 



Sus fcrofa. Lin.fyfl. 102. 



Sus dorfo antice fetofo, cauda 



pilofa. 

 Faun. Suec. 2 1 . 

 Br. ZooL 19. Syn. quad. No. 54. 



ACCORDING to common appearances, the 

 hog is certainly the mod impure and filthy 

 of all quadrupeds : we fhould however refied that 

 filthinefs is an idea merely relative to ourfelves j 

 but vvc form a partial judgment from our own kti^ 

 fations, and overlook that wife maxim of Provi- 

 dence, that every part of the creation fliould have 

 its refpedive inhabitants. By this ceconomy of 

 nature, the earth is never overftocked, nor any part 



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