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INTRODUCTION. 



larvae, and other food which he finds under ground. His 

 neck is strong and muscular ; his limbs in the natural state 

 are short and stout ; his skin is very thick, and covered with 

 bristles. He possesses the kind of teeth suited to animals 

 that are omnivorous, and the canines bending upward, be- 

 come in the male formidable weapons. His feet are cloven, 

 and defended by strong hoofs, and he has toes behind which 

 do not reach the ground. The following is an outline of the 

 Wild Boar and Sow, brought from the south of Europe. 



Fig. 14. 



Differing so greatly in conformation as this animal does 

 from those which have been described, yet the same general 

 characters indicate in him, as in all the others, the faculty 

 of readily assimilating his food, and of quickly arriving at 

 that maturity of muscle and fatness, which fits him for the 

 uses for which he is destined ; and there is no other animal 

 known to us which so easily receives the characters which 

 we seek to impress upon it, or transmits them more faith- 

 fully to his offspring, " 



The breast should be wide and deep, and the trunk capa- 

 cious. The extremities, namely, the head, the tail, and the 

 lower part of the limbs, should be delicate ; and the legs 

 should be short in proportion to the size of the trunk. 



