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light cavalry regiments stationed at Tunisia, and it is stated that they are 

 unable to secure in the country sufficient remounts for their ordinary require- 

 ments. The Tunisian Government has taken various steps towards improving 

 the condition of horse-breeding in the country ; a stud book has been opened, 

 suitable stallions have been imported from Algeria, &c. 



The pure-bred Arab horse of Asia is occasionally to be met with in Tunisia, 

 particularly in the southern districts, on the borders of the desert. Crosses 

 between the Arab and the Barb are more frequent. 



Apart from a few French mares casually imported by French landowners, 

 and occasionally discarded heavy artillery horses, there are no draught horses 

 worthy the name in Tunisia. Heavy agricultural work is usually left to 

 bullocks and mules, whils^ light draught work is occasionally done by the 

 heavier types of Barb horses. 



PIGS. 



To the Mohammedan pigs are quite as much unclean animals as they are 

 to the Jew ; hence what pigs are to be found in Tunisia may be taken to 

 belong exclusively to European owners to the French in the country dis- 

 tricts, and to the Maltese and Sicilians in the neighborhood of the cities. 

 The local pig is, from our point of view, a very inferior type of animal, par- 

 taking a good deal of the greyhound in his build ; indeed, his actively -built 

 framework is all in his favor, for, like all forms of Tunisian livestock, he has 

 to depend for his livelihood a good deal on his own ingenuity. It would appear 

 that the methods of the Tunisian pigbreeders are very much the methods 

 of our Saxon forefathers in pre-Norman days. The herds are allowed to 

 roam about the cork oak forests in charge of a herdsman. Here they live 

 on fallen acorns when the latter are available, or on what roots or bulbs 

 they are able to root up. At times the surplus acorns are collected by Arab 

 women and children, dried, and stored away for future use. 



The wild boar is indigenous to Tunisia, and generally common in the 

 districts in which these semi-domesticated Tunisian pigs are kept ; and it 

 is said that not infrequently the sows farrow striped litters, which tell their 

 own tale. 



The Tunisian pig does not fatten readily ; indeed, he frequently dies 

 when cribbed up in a sty. Therefore, the flesh as a rule carries a very high 

 proportion of lean meat, but is not otherwise unpleasant. A few attempts 

 have been made to acclimatise some of the better types of French breeds. 



VINE-GROWING. 



The native Arab population have from time immemorial been growers of 

 table grapes, but it is only since the French occupation of the country in 1881 



