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of other animals? What is it used for besides for smelling? Do you 

 think the pig's sense of smell is very keen? Why do pigs root? 



2. Describe the pig's teeth. For what are they fitted? What are 

 the tushes for? Which way do the upper tushes turn? How do wild 

 hogs use their tushes? 



3. Do you think that a pig's eyes look intelligent? What color are 

 they? Do you think the pig can see well? 



4. Is the pig's head straight in front or is it dished ? Is this dished 

 appearance ever found in wild hogs? Do the ears stand out straight or 

 are they lopped ? What advantage is the wedge-shaped head to the wild 

 hogs? 



5. How is the pig covered ? Do you think the hair is thick enough to 

 keep off flies? Why does the pig wallow in the mud? Is it because the 

 animal is dirty by nature or because it is trying to keep clean? Do the 

 hog's bristles stand up if it is angry? 



6. If the pig could have its natural food what would it be and where 

 would it be found ? Why and on what should pigs be pastured ? What 

 do pigs find in the forest to eat? What kind of bacon is considered the 

 best? 



7. On how many toes does the pig walk? Are there other toes on 

 which it does not walk? If wading in the mud are the two hind toes of 

 use? Do wild pigs run rapidly? Do tame pigs run rapidly if they are not 

 too fat? Do you think the pig can swim? Do you think that the pig's 

 tail is of any use or merely an ornament? 



8. What cries and noises do the pigs make which we can understand? 



9. How do hogs fight each other? When the boars fight, how do they 

 attack or ward off the enemy? Where do we get the expression going 

 "sidewise like a hog to war?" 



10. How many breeds of pigs do you know? Describe them. 



11. What instances have you heard that show the hog's intelligence? 



12. Give an oral or written English exercise on one of the following 

 topics: "The antiquity of swine; how they were regarded by the ancient 

 Egyptians, Greeks and Romans;" (see encyclopedia). "The story of 

 hunting wild hogs in India; "The razor-back hogs of the South;" "The 

 wart-hog of Africa." 



*'TJte nice Utile pig witJi a qiterly tail, 

 All sojt as satin a)id pinky pale 

 Is a very different thing by far 

 Than the lumps of iniquity, big pigs are." 



— Nonsense Rhyme. 



