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visited by them. There are likewise great numbers 

 of them in the Friendly and Society Isles, the Mar- 

 quesas, and many other of the newly-discovered 

 islands in the South Seas. These are fed with 

 plantains, bread-fruit, and yams, and are exceed- 

 ingly fat. They are frequently seen by the natives 

 in their canoes, swimming from one island to an- 

 other, and killed by them with lances and arrows. 



Another breed of Swine has lately been intro- 

 duced into this kingdom, which is expected to rival 

 or excel all the others : the original stock was pro- 

 duced from a Wild Boar brought from America, 

 and a Sow of the improved Chinese breed. The 

 Sows are extremely prolific, and the colour of the 

 pigs in general is most fancifully diversified; some 

 are striped longitudinally, with brown and black; 

 others brown and blue; and others, with black and 

 white. The colour of the Boar was a rusty brown. 



