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THE HOG 



In speaking of the breeds of pigs belonging to this county, we 

 must not omit the now extinct Rudgwick swine, which derived their 

 name from a village in Sussex, and were some of the largest hogs 

 produced in England. They fattened but slowly, and were conse- 

 quently deemed unprofitable, but yielded excellent meat and in con- 

 siderable quantities. They have, however, passed away before the 

 alterations produced by the general aim of the present system of 

 breeding. 



THE CHINESE SWINE 



Although these have been already noticed when speaking of Asia, 

 we cannot now pass them over, as they actually form one of the 

 recognized stock breeds of England. There are two distinct varie- 



CHINESE PIG. 

 From a Sow sent direct from China to William Ogilvy, Esq., Hon. Sec. Zool. Soc. 



ties, the white and the UacJc ; both fatten readily, but from their 

 diminutive size attain no great weight. They are small in limb, 

 round in body, short in the head, wide in the cheek, and high in the 

 chine ; covered with very fine bristles growing from an exceedingly 

 thin skin ; and not peculiarly symmetrical, for, when fat, the head is 

 so buried in the neck that little more than the tip of the snout is visi- 



