Class L HOG. 



of the creation ufeltfs. This obfervation may be 

 exemplified in the animal before us ; the hog alone 

 devouring what is the refufe of all the reft, and 

 contributing not only to remove what would be a 

 nuifance to the human race, but alfo convercino- 

 the moft naufeous offals into the richell nutriment: 

 for this reafon its ftomach is capacious, and its 

 gluttony exceflive ; not that its palate is infcnfible 

 to the difference of eatables; for where it nnds vari- 

 ety, it will rejed the word with as dillingui(hing a 

 tafle as other quadrupeds *. 



This animal has (not unaptly) been compared 

 to a mifer, who is ufelefs and rapacious in his life, 

 but on his death becomes of public ufe, by the 

 very effedls of his fordid manners. The hog du- 

 ring life renders little fervice to mankind, except 

 in removing that filth which other animals rejed : 

 his more than common brutality, urges him to 

 devour even his own off-fpring. All other domef- 

 tic quadrupeds fhew fome degree of refped to man- 

 kind ; and even a fort of tendernefs jfor us in our 



* The ingenious author of the Pan Suecus^ has proved this 

 beyond contradidion, having with great induftry drawn up 

 tables of the number of vegetables, which each domeftic ani- 

 mal chufes, or rejects : and it is found that the hog cats but 

 72, and refufes 171 plants, 



The Ox eats 276. rcjedts 218. 



Goat 449, 126* 



Sheep 387. 141. 



Horfe 262, 212. Ama7i, Acad. ii. 203, 



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