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that in Illyria swine are found which have hoofs, and 

 in some other parts a species which have claws. This 

 animal is also a kind of exception to the two general 

 rules of nature, viz. That the larger animals are, the 

 fewer young they produce at a birth ; and that of all 

 animals, those which have claws are the most prolific. 

 The hog, though in its make greatly above the mid- 

 dle size, produces more than any such animal, or in- 

 deed, than any other quadruped. 



To the singularities we have already related, we 

 shall add another, which is, that the fat of the hog is 

 different from that of almost all other quadrupeds, 

 not only in its consistence and quality, but also 

 in its position in the body of the animal. The fat of" 

 man, and of animals which have no tallow such as 

 the dog, the horse, &c. is mixed pretty equally with 

 the flesh. The tallow in the ram, the goat, the stag, 

 &c. is found only in the extremities of it. The 

 fat covers the flesh, and forms a thick, distinct, and 

 continued bed or layer, between the flesh and the skin. 

 The hog has this in common with the whale, and o- 

 ther cetaceous animals, the fat of which is only a 

 kind of lard, nearly of the same consistence with, but 

 more oily than that of the hog. This lard in ceta- 

 ceous animals also forms beneath the skin a bed of 

 many inches in thickness, which envelopes the flesh. 



There are only the hog, and two or three other 

 species of animals, which have defensive or very long 

 canine teeth. They differ from the other teeth, by 

 'coming out at the front, and growing during their 

 whole lives. In the elephant and sea-cow, they are 

 cylindrical, and some feet long. In the wild-boar 

 and male hog, they are partly bent in form of a cir- 

 de ; and I have seen them from nine to ten inches in 



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