EXTERNAL FORM. CXI 



I indicating broad loins, a character denoting, in the case of 

 all animals, strength of back and general hardihood. 



The haunch-bones should be distant from one another, in- 

 dicating the character, before referred to, of broadness of the 

 haunch ; the breast should be wide, largely covered with 

 muscle, and projecting well in front of the fore-limbs. In 

 consequence of the width of the breast, the fore- legs will be 

 distant from one another, and the same character should ex- 

 tend to the posterior limbs, indicating the lateral extension 

 of the body at every part. The limbs should be fleshy down 

 to the knees and hocks, and below these joints, narrow when 

 seen from the front, and flat when seen in profile. There 

 should be a general absence of angular points and hollows, 

 as where the neck joins the shoulder, the shoulder the parts 

 behind, and the loins the haunch. 



The skin, too, should present that softness to the touch 

 which indicates facility in fattening in all animals known to 

 us. It should be closely covered with wool, extending to 

 the face, which is covered with a short hair, and to the knees 

 and hocks, where the tendinous parts of the muscles begin. 



The characters which indicate the property of producing 

 wool of different length and fineness have not been so accu- 

 rately determined. It is known merely that different races 

 have the faculty of producing wool different in the length, 

 tenuity, softness, and other properties of the fibre. In gene- 

 ral, the sheep long naturalized in countries of abundant 

 herbage produce long thick wool, while those acclimated in 

 countries yielding the finer herbage plants, produce wool 

 more or less short and fine. But whatever be the conditions 

 under which different kinds of wool are produced, it is known 

 that the property can be transmitted from the parents to the 

 young, in the same manner as other characters acquired. 



The Hog differs greatly in conformation and habits from 

 the animals that have been described. His face is termi- 

 nated by a cartilaginous disc, endued with great strength 

 and exquisite sensibility, with which he grubs up the roots, 



