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SECTION XV. 



Swine. 



Sus. PoRcus — the swine, pig or hog, is 

 too well known in all countries to need a 

 repetition of its generic description. It is 

 one of the most useful, and perhaps the most 

 profitable, of all the domestic animals, its 

 flesh being greatly conducive to the purpo- 

 ses of luxury, but still more universally, to 

 the support of human life, in the laborious 

 state. This animal is the general collector 

 of ofFal and waste, whether in town or coun- 

 try, thereby foraging for a considerable part 

 of its subsistence, the extra cost of which it 

 moreover amply repays. Its flesh, second 

 probably to beef, is the most substantial of 

 human aliment, and may be eaten most fre- 

 quently without disgust. The solidity of 

 swine's flesh, says the author of the General 



