INDEX. 



ABORTION, treatment of, 161. 

 Abstinence from pork, necessary in hot 



climates, 23. 



Acorns, pigs thrive on, 182. 

 Age, great, of wild boars, 48. 

 Agricultural societies, influence of, on 



breeding, 176. 

 America, importation of breeds of 



swine into, 61 ; six species of hogs 



in, 58 ; wild boars in, 57. 

 Analogy between the Chinese and their 



pigs, 64. 



Anatomy of swine, &c. 101, 

 Ancients, boar-hunts of, 48. 

 Anecdotes of pigs, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 



39. 



Anglo-Saxons, boar-hunts of, 50. 

 Animal substances, feeding swine on, 



188. 



Apoplexy in pigs, 108. 

 Apparatus for preparing pigs' food, 



200. 



Apples, 'swine fed on, 189. 

 Ardennes, wild boar of, 52. 

 Armor, hogs in, or Tatous, 15. 

 Ashes given to pigs, 197. 

 Attachments of swine, 39. 

 Autumn, best time for fattening pigs, 



190. 



B. 



Babiroussa, the, 14 5 at Zoological Gar- 

 dens, 14, 



Bacon, curing, 213 ; derivation of the 

 word, 213 ; importation of, 220. 



Bakewell, Mr., his pigs, 80. 



Bavarian pigs, 68. 



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Beans, feeding swine on, 181, 187. 

 Beasts of draught, pigs used as, 36, 



37. 

 Bedford, Duke of, cut of his Berkshire 



sow, 86. 



Bedfordshire pigs, 82. 

 Beech mast, swine fed on, 182. 

 Dement, Mr., of Albany, on breeding 



pigs, 61. 

 Berkshire pigs, 85. 



sow, cut of a, 86. 



Bladder, the, 134 ; inversion of, 135. 

 Bleeding swine, 134. 

 Blood, hogs', used as holy water, 65. 

 Boar hunts, laws respecting, 48, 49, 50. 



of the ancients, 49. 



of the Anglo-Saxons, 50. 



Boars, choice of, for breeding, 150. 



Boar's Head, Christmas dish, 51 ; pre- 

 sented to the hangman, 51; at 

 Queen Margaret's i wedding dinner, 

 51. 



Boars, tamed, 39 ; technical terms for, 

 50 ; wild, see " Wild Boars." 



Bothnian pigs, 68. 



Brain of the hog, 107 ; inflammation 

 of, 108. 



Bran, feeding pigs on, 189. 



Breeding, rules respecting, 149, 150. 

 swine, how far profitable, 170. 



Breeds improved by judicious crosses, 

 153 ; which are the best, 153. 



Breweries, pigs fed on refuse of, 179. 



Brine, poisonous properties of, 220. 



Bristles, ropes made from,74; use mada 

 of, 34. 



Bronchial tubes, 122. 



Brushing pigs, 202. 



Butcher, profit of pigs to the, 20& 



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