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NATURAL I1ISTOHT. 



came up to within fifteen yards of where he had halted and stood regarding me vengefully. Taking 



I sent a bullet through his eye into his brain, and rolled him over dead. 



HEAD OF DOMESTIC PIG. 



HEAD OF WILD BOAR. 



I have stated that the 

 Boar is the most 

 courageous animal in 

 the jungle. There he 

 was ; with a broken 

 spear in his withers, 

 the shaft sticking up 

 a foot and a half from 

 the blade, knocking 

 over a horseman and 

 wounding his Horse ; 

 receiving two bullets 

 ten to the pound 

 the first in his neck 

 and throat, the second 

 breaking his jaw, and 

 fired within a few 

 feet of his muzzle; 



making good his charge, cutting down his enemy like grass, wounding him ; knocking over a second 

 man armed with a spear ; defying the Dogs ; and then, in the act of charging again, shot in the 

 brain, and dying without a groan." 



THE DOMESTIC HOG is proved li l 

 by the researches of Nathusius and 

 Riitimeyer to be descended from 

 two distinct wild stocks the Wild 

 Boar, and an Eastern type known 

 now only in the domesticated con- 

 dition, and named Sus indica by 

 Pallas. The breeds of Hogs de- 

 scended from the Wild Boar are to 

 be found in various parts of Northern arid Central Europe, and resemble their progenitors in the 

 length of their legs, and the development of their tusk. The skull, however, has become higher and 



broader, and their tusks are not so large, and 

 the body is not covered with such a dense 

 coating of hair. 



The old " Irish Greyhound Pig," of Richard- 

 son, may be taken as an example of one of the 

 domestic races descended from the Wild Boar. 

 Sometimes in this breed, as in the Normandy 

 Pigs, a peculiar pendant, about three inches 

 long and covered with bristles, is to be seen 

 attached to the corner of the jaw, as in the 

 accompanying figure. 



The domesticated breeds of China and Siam 

 have, among other characters, broader and 



among 



stouter heads than those which are descended 

 from the Wild Boar, and are best known to 

 Englishmen under the form of the Chinese breed. 



MILK DENTITION OF PIG. 

 d, deciduous or falling-out [milk] teeth. 



IKISH GREYHOUND PIG. (After Richardson.) 



They constitute the type of Sus indica, which is now so largely represented among the various 

 European strains, and which is mostly due to the crossing of the two original stocks. 



Both these breeds were brought under the dominion of man in a very remote age, and have varied 

 in exact proportion to the care taken in selecting the various characters. Both are found in the pile- 



