232 Char aclcr— Uses, 



Treatise on Cattle, is apparent on a compa- 

 rison of the external superficies of a fat hog, 

 with that of a fat sheep, or bullod<, the di- 

 mensions of which latter animal; must be sp 

 much more extensive to equal the weight of 

 tlie first ; which is also aptly illustrated by 

 the well-attested examples of individual hogs 

 fed to the enormous weight each, of one 

 hundred, and even one hundred and eighty- 

 two stones, of eight pounds to the stone. 

 This is also said to differ from all other land 

 animals, in the circumstance that the adipose 

 substance, or fat, entirely covers his muscu- 

 lar flesh, in one continued layer or stratum. 

 The upright and pendant ear form specific 

 distinctions in the swine, the latter being the 

 general indication of larger size. The sin- 

 gular variety not dividing the lioof, which 

 were occasionally to be found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Windsor, some years since, is 

 now probably extinct. 



USES. 



The well-known culinary uses of swine's 



