134 NEIGHBORS WITH CLAWS AND HOOFS. 



To comfort his old age, and to provide 

 Shelter in stall, and food and field beside." 



10. The Knight withdrew abashed ; the people all 

 Led home the steed in triumph to his stall. 

 The King heard and approved, and laughed in glee, 

 And cried aloud : " Eight well it pleaseth roe ! 

 Church-bells at best but ring us to the door ; 

 But go not in to mass ; my bell doth more : 

 It cometh into court and pleads the cause 

 Of creatures dumb and unknown to the laws ; 

 And this shall make, in every Christian clime, 



The bell of Atri famous for all time." 



Longfellow. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 SWINE AND THEIR FOREST COUSINS. 



1. THE domestic hog, has usually been regarded as a 

 rough, stupid, and uncleanly animal. This view has 

 been preserved in the low and unpleasant comparisons 

 in which the pig has figured as a disgusting object. But 

 a careful study of the nature and habits of this thick- 

 skin, or pachyderm, shows how false is the notion. Un- 

 der kind and rational treatment the pig is gentle, in- 

 telligent, and docile, and neat and orderly in its habits. 

 The learned pig, able to distinguish letters, and perform 

 cunning tricks, is already known to the world. 



2. The intelligence of the pig is illustrated by a story 

 preserved by the Rev. J. G. Wood. The story is told by 

 a sailor, who describes the peculiar friendship of a pig 

 and dog that were allowed on shipboard. The sailor says : 



