40 THE HOG. 



Mr. Henderson says, " I have a young sow of a good breed, so 

 docile that she will suffer my youngest son, three years of age, to 

 climb upon her back and ride her about for half an hour at a time, 

 and more ; when she is tired of the fun, she lays herself down, care- 

 fully avoiding hurting her young jockey. He often shares his bread 

 and meat with her." 



A pig belonging to a baker in Kinghorn, county Fife, became so 

 attached to a bull-dog that it would follow and sport with him, and 

 follow her master, when he was accompanied by this dog, for five 01 

 six miles. The dog was fond of swimming, and the pig imitated 

 this propensity ; and if any thing was thrown into the water for the 

 dog to fetch out, the pig would follow and dispute the prize with 

 him very cleverly and energetically. These two animals invariably 

 slept together. 



M. de Dieskau tells us that " he made a wild boar so tame that 

 the animal, although nearly three years old, would go up stairs to 

 his apartment, fawn upon him like a dog, and eat from his hand. 

 He also endeavored to bring up one which he caught very young, 

 and which formed such an attachment to a young lady in the house 

 that he accompanied her wherever she went, and slept upon her bed. 

 Once he attacked her maid as she was undressing her mistress, and, 

 had he been strong enough, would have done her some mortal in- 

 jury. This lady was the only person in the house for whom the 

 creature showed any affection, and yet he was not fed by her. At 

 last he fretted himself to death on account of a fox which had been 

 taken into the house to be tamed." 



A very amusing account of a " pet pig " is given by a lady, in 

 " Chambers' Edinburgh Journal:" 



" Being at a loss to know what to do with the refuse of our gar- 

 den, Aunt Mary suggested that a pig should be purchased. Accord- 

 ingly our little damsel Annette was despatched to a neighboring 

 farmer, and, in exchange for a few shillings, she brought home a fat, 

 fair, round pig, just six weeks old ; and in her haste to display her 

 bargain she tumbled >t out in the sitting-room. Nothing daunted 

 by the splendor of its new abode, the pig ran up and down, snorting 

 and snuffing at every chair and table in the room, overturning with 

 his snout my aunt's footstool, and trying his teeth on her new straw 

 work-basket. After the pig had been duly admired and commented 

 on, Annette was desired to install it in its own domicile ; but this 

 was more easily said than done ; for being, I suppose, pleased with 

 his new quarters, Toby for so we named him ran hither and 

 thither, now scudding behind a chair or table, now whisking under 

 the sofa ; at length Annette succeeded in dragging him from his 

 hiding-place while he roared out ' Murder !' as plain as a pig could 

 speak. Annette ^s^very fond of dumb creatures, as she called 

 them ; the pig >' ~" <la*Jing, and for want of a companion of 



