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spects they are, however, nearly alike : their 

 colour of a reddish brown with black spots ; 

 their form close, round, and thick, with short 

 legs ; small boned, and having the distinctive 

 mark of being without bristles ; or rather a 

 rough, curly coat, wearing the outward ap- 

 pearance of coarseness; but nothing can be 

 finer than the bacon, and some of the pure 

 breed have reached the weight of more than 

 100 stone ; the size and weight, as stated in 

 Wilson's account of the hog, being — 



Height, 4 ft. 9^ in. Live weight, 12 cwt. 2 qrs. 

 Length, 9 „ 8 „ Dead do. 10 „ 3 „ 



but from 40 to 50, when completely fattened 

 as bacon hogs, is the more general average ; 

 and even half that weight, or 18 to 25 stone, 

 still more common. The breed is, indeed, 

 so general a favourite among those who wish 

 to improve their stock, that they have been 

 dispersed all over the country, and are now 

 common even in America. 



The Hampshire hog, though bred in the 

 adjoining county, is, however, of a white 

 colour, and though far from handsome, has 

 been long celebrated for its fine bacon ; but 



