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]8. The Chinese JBreed. 



This is a breed which is distinguished by the 

 neck being thick ; the body very close, compact, 

 and well-formed ; the legs very short, and the size 

 small ; the flesh delicate ; the colour various, as 

 black, white, brown, and tawny. This breed is par- 

 ticularly disposed to fatten in an expeditious manner, ' 

 and has, in consequence, spread over a great part of 

 the kingdom. It is most adapted for being used as 

 pork ; but is much too small for being cured for 

 bacon. It is mischievous when not well rung. 



19. The small white English Breed. 



This is another breed of the small kind of hogs, 

 that is met with in many districts. It is of a white 

 colour ; thick, compact, and well made in the body ; 

 short in the leg ; the head and neck well formed ; 

 and the ears slouching a little downwards. It is 

 well disposed to fatten, and perfectly hardy. It 

 prevails much in the northern districts. 



20. 21ie swing-tailed Breed. 



This is an useful sort of the smaller kind of hogs, 

 that is hardy in its nature, and of considerable 

 weight in proportion to its size. 



21. RemarTes. 



In respect to the varieties of these animals, Mr. 

 Donaldson remarks, that the Berkshire and Hamp- 

 shire hogs are the largest ; but that it is most pro- 

 bably from the Berkshire stock that the greatest 

 number of varieties of the country have sprung. 

 And that they are of a very large size, the four 

 quarters frequently weighing, when fat, not less 

 than from 6OO to 800 weight : the medium weight 

 of the hogs fattened for hams and bacon do not, 

 however, exceed from 300 to 400 weight. The 

 I above writer speaks of a breed in the northern parts 



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