CHAP. XIV. PIGS EMPLOYED IN THE FIELDS. 183 



Though the pig may not properly be classed 

 among the sacred animals, it was an emblem of 

 the Evil Being ; and this may account for Plutarch's 

 supposing it to have been connected with the his- 

 tory of Osiris and Typho. 



Several instances occur of the pig in sacred sub- 

 jects, principally in the tombs, where the attend- 

 ance of monkeys might be supposed to connect it 

 with the Moon. * But these seem chiefly to refer 

 to the future state of the wicked, whose souls were 

 thought to migrate into that unclean animal ; and 

 the presence of Anubis confirms this opinion. 



Pigs were kept by the Egyptians, as I have al- 

 ready observed t, to be employed for agricultural 

 purposes; and ^^lianl^, on the authority of Eu- 

 doxus, pretends that " they were sparing in their 

 sacrifices of swine, because they were required to 

 tread in the grain, pressing the seed with their 

 feet from the surface into the soil, and securing it 

 from the ravages of birds." 



It does not appear whether the wild boar was 

 hunted by the chasseur, — those parts of Egypt 

 where hunting scenes are represented, not being 

 frequented by that animal, whose resorts were pro- 

 bably,' as at present, confined to the banks of the 

 Birket el Korn §, and the vicinity of Lake Men- 

 zaleh. 



* Vide supra, p. 8. f Supra, Vol. I. (2d Series) p, 46. 



J ^lian, X. 16. j In the Fyoom, formerly Lake Moeris. 



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