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CHAPTER XIX. 



OF QUADRUPEDS OF THE HOG KIND. 



ANIMALS of the hog kind seem to unite in them- 

 selves all those distinctions by which others are 

 separated. They resemble those of the horse kind 

 in the number of their teeth, which in all amount 

 to forty-four, in the length of their head, and in 

 having but a single stomach : they resemble the 

 cow kind in their cloven hoofs and the position of 

 their intestines j and they resemble those of the 

 claw-footed kind in their appetite for flesh, in 

 their not chewing the cud, and in their numerous 

 progeny. Thus this species serves to fill up that 

 chasm which is found between the carnivorous 

 kinds and those that live upon grass ; being pos- 

 sessed of the ravenous appetite of the one, and 

 the inoffensive nature of the other. We may 

 consider them, therefore, as of a middle nature, 

 which we can refer neither to the rapacious nor 

 the peaceful kinds, and yet partaking somewhat 

 of the nature of both. Like the rapacious kinds, 

 they are found to have short intestines ; their 

 hoofs also, though cloven to the sight, will, upon 

 anatomical inspection, appear to be supplied with 

 bones like beasts of prey ; and the number of 

 their teats also increase the similitude : on the 

 other hand, in a natural state they live upon vege- 

 tables, and seldom seek after animal food except 

 when urged by necessity. They offend no other 



