THE HOG. 



THE domestic hog is usually, as to colour, of a dirty 

 white, but some are pied, and others altogether black. 

 This animal, which is generally harmless and inoffen- 

 sive, lives chiefly on vegetables. It is descended from 

 a race still wild in the larger forests of Europe and Asia, 

 and the northern parts of Africa. 



In Minorca, the hog is converted into a beast of 

 draught; a cow, a sow, and two young horses, have 

 been seen in that island yoked together ; and of the 

 four, the sow drew the best. The ass and the hog are 

 here common helpmates, and are frequently yoked to- 

 gether to plough the land. In some parts of Italy, 

 swine, according to Bayley, are used in hunting for 

 truffles, which grow some inches deep in the ground. 

 A cord being tied round the hind-leg of one of these 

 animals, the beast is driven into the pastures, and it is 

 said, that wherever it stops, and begins to root with its 

 nose, truffles are always to be found. 



