44 HARRIS OX THE PIG. 



The engravings in different parts of the book are, many 

 of them, selected from different works, for the purpose of 

 illustrating the changes which have been wrought in the 

 hog by domestication, breeding, etc. 



Great improvements have been effected by skillful 

 breeders in the form of cattle and sheep, but we think 

 these illustrations will show, that far greater improvement 

 has been effected in the form of the pig than in any other 

 animal. The picture of the " original old English pig " 

 (fig. 4), shows a decided improvement in form over the 

 Wild Boar (fig. 3). It has shorter legs, shorter head and 



Fig. 5. OLD IRISH PIG. From Richardson. 



snout, heavier cheeks, a straighter and broader back, and 

 larger hams. It will weigh more, in proportion to size, 

 and afford more meat and less offal than the wild hog. 



The engraving of the old Irish " Greyhound Hog " (fig. 

 5), shows an intermediate form between the wild and do- 

 mestic animal. Richardson, from whose work the picture is 

 taken, describes them as follows : " These are tall, long- 

 legged, bony, heavy-eared, coarse haired animals ; their 

 throats furnished with pendulous wattles, and by no 

 means possessing half so much the appearance of domes- 

 tic swine as they do of the wild boar, the great original 



