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animal has greater sympathy for those of his own kind. 

 " The moment one of them," says Bingley, " gives the 

 signal of distress, all within hearing rush to his assist- 

 ance. They have been known to gather round a dog 

 that teazed them, and kill him on the spot. Enclose a 

 male and female in a sty when young, and the female 

 will decline from the instant her companion is removed, 

 and will probably die of sorrow." 



Nor are cases wanting in which there has been some 

 display of sagacity. The writer remembers a pig be- 

 longing to a family with which he is well acquainted. 

 It had a sty with a door having a latch, which was 

 sometimes thrown open ; but the sagacious quadruped 

 within did not choose to be limited to such occasions. 

 He might often be seen with his fore-feet on the 

 upper of two rails placed just within his abode, hav- 

 ing unlatched the door with his snout, and thrown 

 it back, that he might look about the garden before 

 his dwelling, and inhale at another opening its pleasant 

 air. 



Captain Hall describes a pig as petted by the sailors ; 

 it was named Jean, and would come to those who called 

 it. He at first doubted the fact, but one day going on 

 deck, he called out, " Jean ! Jean !" and in a moment 

 the delighted pig came prancing along; and so eager 



