40 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 
The same may be said of another animal that has 
been not only neglected by those interested in the study 
of animal intelligence, but misrepresented in general. 
I mean the pig. What would the dog be to-day if he 
had, for hundreds of years, been valued only for his 
flesh, and kept exclusively to be fattened for food ? 
The hog is charged with being dirty, stupid, and ob- 
stinate. Why should an animal, overburdened with flesh 
and fat, and consequently a sufferer from the heat of 
summer, be so much blamed for betaking himself to a 
pool even if muddy? Man is largely responsible for 
enforcing conditions involving filth on the hog. That 
this animal is not lacking in intelligence has been 
shown by his having been taught to hunt like a dog,* 
and by an interesting case reported to our Association 
by Mr Frank Miller. The animal was of the Chester 
White breed, had been trained at the age of four 
months, knew his name, would dance to music, go 
seek when told, lie down, and obey other commands. 
You will at least agree that the hog is worthy of 
further consideration at our hands. Circumstances were 
mentioned by one of our members which pointed very 
strongly to the possibility of hogs having hibernating 
capacity. This subject is of great physiological interest, 
and not without its bearings on Comparative Psychology; 
any new light on the subject, so far as animals, 
especially, are concerned, would be very welcome. 
We have had a few communications on the intelli- 
gence of our domestic grazing animals. Mr Torrance 
had observed that sheep had acted, on different 
occasions, as if they were aware of the approach of 
storms still distant. Their behaviour, in seeking 
shelter, had been coincident with changes in the baro- 
metric pressure. 
* “Animal Intelligence,” by G. J. Romanes, p. 389. 
