212 THE PAPUAN HOCK 



no very good reason for this conclusion, and the 

 Dreed would appear to be nearest to the Chinese 

 variety, while the animal we have represented 

 on plate XX. Sus koiropotamus, is known by the 

 figure of M. Demolin only ; but in other respects 

 our information is nearly altogether deficient* 

 We have used for our copy the representation 

 above alluded to. 



In the races which have sprung up, the form is 

 exceedingly varied, but, as among other domesti- 

 cated animals reared for profit, a form of beauty 

 founded upon that which yielded the greatest 

 return, was fixed upon as the standard, and this 

 we see in some of the unwieldy masses of flesh 

 and fat, which are found in the stores of the prin - 

 cipal breeders* 



