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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 





THE CHINESE KIND. 



Ax unceasing attention to improvement has pro- 

 duced or new-modelled the Chinese breed in this 

 country to what is deemed to be nearer perfection. 

 The delicacy of appearance, the thin transparent 

 ears, small head, short small legs, and even the 

 colour of the hair, are all considered as requisite 

 qualities which ought to be attended to in this kind. 

 They are seldom fed for the same purposes as the 

 larger kind of Swine, being accounted too small 

 for being dried into bacon ; but they are preferred 

 as the best and most delicate for pork and roasting 

 pigs. 



Our figure was taken from one of this description, 

 in the possession of Geo. Baker, Esq., of Elemore, 

 in the county of Durham. 



