76 THE HOG. 



deil come out of the sea, and that he had chased her, roaring and 

 gaping at her heels." One of the bravest of the villagers got a Bible 

 and an old sword to " cunger the deil ;" but while he was uttering his 

 threats, along came the creature with such a loud "grumph," that 

 the poor man fell down half dead with fright, and all the rest fled, 

 and then from windows and house-tops peeped at the " monster," 

 until one fellow cried out that it was " the gude man o' the brow's 

 grumphy," and gradually the alarm subsided. 



This same pig seems to have frightened many persons at different 

 times, as did another which escaped by some means from a vessel 

 which put into Glencaple Quay, just below Dumfriesshire, and was 

 hunted as a wild beast, and at last slain with a pitchfork by a man, 

 who was termed " stout-hearted Geordy" all the rest of his life for 

 the performance of this valorous exploit. 



In 1760 there was scarcely a parish in Dumfriesshire which could 

 muster twenty swine, but within ten years of that time they gradually 

 began to increase, and each farmer took to keeping one or two, and 

 from 1775 to 1780 the trade became pretty considerable. This 

 increase was chiefly owing to the exertions of Lord Graham, of 

 Netherby, who encouraged the breeding and rearing of swine among 

 his tenants by every means in his power, and was the chief insti tutor 

 and supporter of a market at Longtown, in Cumberland, for the sale 

 of swine and pork. 



The next step were the establishments of pig-markets in several 

 other principal towns in the southern parts of Scotland, and small 

 premiums offered on every market-day to the owners of the finest 

 pig or the largest number of good swine brought to the market. 



Where thirty or forty years ago there was not a pig to be seen, 

 as much as 400/. or 500Z. worth of hogs and bacon, or pork, are now 

 sold every market-day. This alteration is ascribed by some persons 

 to the extension of the cultivation of the potato, and the consequent 

 increased facility for feeding and fattening swine ; but it may, doubt- 

 less, be also attributed to the increasing demand for animal food, the 

 more extended views of farmers and agriculturists of the present 

 day, and an appreciation of the profit and advantage arising from the 

 keeping of these valuable animals. 



There is a very good kind which are well made, white in color, 

 have short upright ears, fatten quickly and on little food, and come 

 early to maturity. Crosses with the Chinese have been tried, but 

 they produce too delicate an animal, and consequently have fallen into 

 disrepute. It would, however, be needless to enter into an account 

 of all the varieties of swine now existing in Scotland, as, in describing 

 the English breeds, we shall have to speak of all those which of late 

 years have been introduced into Scotland, and either crossed with 

 the original small, dark, prick-eared Scottish pig or with each other, 

 OT retained in their natural state. Henderson savs that hundreds of 



