FRANCE. 345 



not much labour. The refult being fo uni- 

 formly advantageous, beyond what came 

 from feeding in the field, determined them 

 to continue the mode, which they did the 

 years following, with as great fuccefs as be- 

 fore. 



" Hogs now became an object with them 

 of coniiderabie importance : they had a 

 fwine-herd to conduct their herd, which, 

 however, was not very numerous, on the 

 wade every day, in the manner of flieep, 

 and in Summer kept from home a confider- 

 able time, feeding as they moved. This was 

 an experiment, to fee how far hogs would 

 bear the fame management as fheep ; it an- 

 fwered pretty well, yet they conceived that 

 they wanted fome other alTiftance than what 

 they found on the wade every day. But 

 nothing could exceed the benefit received 

 from this method in Winter, when, on 

 coming home at night, they were baited 

 with potatoes, in a penn, like thefiieep; 

 they found very clearly, that, in this way, 

 an acre of potatoes paid . 4 o o 



whereas, with (heep, it only 



pai4 2 19 o 



Superioty i i o 



